Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn

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Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn
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Studio album by
Shelly Manne & His Men
Released1959
RecordedJanuary 19 & 20, 1959
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length41:42
Label Contemporary
M3560/S7560
Producer Lester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
Bells Are Ringing
(1958)
Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn
(1959)
Son of Gunn!!
(1959)

Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men performing Henry Mancini's score from the TV show Peter Gunn . It was recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label. [1]

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Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Mancini encouraged Manne to use the songs as vehicles for extended solos, and the results are swinging, standing apart from the show. Candoli and particularly Geller are in top form on this fairly memorable effort". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Henry Mancini

  1. "Peter Gunn" - 2:12
  2. "The Floater" - 4:29
  3. "Sorta Blue" - 4:10
  4. "The Brothers" - 4:24
  5. "Soft Sounds" - 4:16
  6. "Fallout" - 4:34
  7. "Slow and Easy" - 5:56
  8. "Brief and Breezy" - 4:03
  9. "Dreamsville" - 3:50
  10. "A Profound Gass" - 3:48

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 936. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.