Released 1959 Producer Lester Koenig Release date 1959 | Length 41:42 Label Universal Music LLC | |
Recorded January 19 & 20, 1959Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California Similar Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz Gunn, At the Black Hawk 2, Bells Are Ringing, Li'l Abner | ||
Son of Gunn!! (subtitled Shelly Manne & His Men Play More Music from Peter Gunn) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, the second featuring compositions from Henry Mancini's score from the TV show Peter Gunn, which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Recorded only five months after the release of Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn, Son of Gunn!! sounds exactly like what it is: jazz musicians taking ostensibly generic background music for a television show and trying to make something more out of it. Apparently, even Mancini was aware of the challenge these musicians were facing, and encouraged them to apply free interpretations on these ten cuts and not to worry about maintaining a 'Mancini feeling.' ... In retrospect, this isn't a horrible set, just one that should have focused less on concept and more on vision".
Track listing
All compositions by Henry Mancini
- "Odd Ball" - 3:32
- "Blue Steel" - 4:57
- "Spook!" - 5:19
- "Joanna" - 4:08
- "Goofin' at the Coffee House" - 3:47
- "Walkin' Bass" - 4:23
- "My Manne Shelly" - 3:37
- "Blues for Mother's" - 4:23
- "A Quite Gass" - 4:33
- "Lightly" - 3:34
Personnel
Songs
1Odd Ball3:31
2Blue Steel4:49
3Spook!5:21