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Shelly Manne and His Men Play Peter Gunn

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Released
  
1959

Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (1959)
  
Son of Gunn!! (1959)

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
41:42

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Recorded
  
January 19 & 20, 1959 Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California

Artists
  
Shelly Manne and his Men, Shelly Manne

Similar
  
Shelly Manne and his Men albums, Jazz albums

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, recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label.

Contents

Reception

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".

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

  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Conte Candoli - trumpet
  • Herb Geller - alto saxophone
  • Victor Feldman - vibraphone, marimba
  • Russ Freeman - piano
  • Monty Budwig - bass
  • Henry Mancini - arranger

    • Songs

    1Peter Gunn2:13
    2The Floater4:30
    3Sorta Blue4:10

    References

    Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn Wikipedia
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