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My Fair Lady with the Un original Cast

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Released
  
1964

Label
  
Capitol T/ST 2173

Release date
  
1964

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
39:26

Artist
  
Shelly Manne

Producer
  
Dave Cavanaugh

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Recorded
  
July 28, and August 3, 4 & 6 1964 Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA

My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast (1964)
  
Manne–That's Gershwin! (1966)

Similar
  
Shelly Manne albums, Jazz albums

My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast is an album by drummer Shelly Manne with Jack Sheldon and Irene Kral and musical direction by Johnny Williams, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label. The album, featuring Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's music from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady, sought to capitalize on Manne's previously successful My Fair Lady album and on the contemporaneous film adaptation.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated: "An interesting but not essential release".

Track listing

All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

  1. "Overture/Why Can't the English" - 3:45
  2. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" - 3:00
  3. "With a Little Bit of Luck" - 3:15
  4. "I'm an Ordinary Man" - 3:38
  5. "The Rain in Spain" - 4:38
  6. "I Could Have Danced All Night" - 2:38
  7. "Ascot Gavotte" - 2:29
  8. "On the Street Where You Live" - 3:20
  9. "You Did It" - 2:16
  10. "Show Me" - 2:57
  11. "Get Me to the Church on Time" - 3:30
  12. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - 4:00

Personnel

  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Irene Kral (tracks 2, 5 & 10), Jack Sheldon (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 9)- vocals
  • Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Don Sleet, Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito - trumpet
  • Bob Edmondson, Frank Rosolino, Mike Barone - trombone
  • Richard Perissi, James Decker - French horn
  • John Bambridge - tuba
  • Charlie Kennedy - alto saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz, Justin Gordon, Paul Horn - woodwinds
  • Russ Freeman - piano
  • Monty Budwig - bass
  • John Williams - arranger, musical director
  • Unidentified string section

    • References

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