The Music Man (album)

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Released 1959 Release date 1958 Genre Jazz		Label AtlanticLP 1276 Producer Nesuhi Ertegun Awards Grammy Hall of Fame

Recorded December 31, 1957 and January 2, 3 & 6, 1958Coastal Recording Studios, NYC Artists Jimmy Giuffre, Original Broadway Cast of 'The Music Man' Similar Jimmy Giuffre albums, Jazz albums

The Music Man (full title Jimmy Guiffre and his Music Men Play The Music Man) is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre featuring tunes from Meredith Willson's Broadway musical, The Music Man which was released on the Atlantic label in 1959.

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states: "this particular set finds Giuffre (tripling as usual on clarinet, tenor and baritone) leading a somewhat conventional band, a seven-horn pianoless nonet. ...The arrangements (all by Giuffre) swing, the beauty and joy of the melodies are brought out, and the leader is in top form. A true rarity".

Track listing

All compositions by Meredith Willson

"Iowa Stubborn" - 3:57
"Goodnight My Someone" - 2:45
"Seventy-Six Trombones" - 3:06
"Marian the Librarian"- 2:40
"My White Knight" - 3:31
"The Wells Fargo Wagon" - 4:02
"It's You" - 3:34
"Shipoopi" - 2:51
"Lida Rose (Will I Ever Tell You)" - 3:32
"Gary, Indiana" - 2:56
"Till There Was You" - 3:27

Recorded at Coastal Recording Studios in New York City on December 31, 1957 (tracks 3 & 4), January 2, 1958 (tracks 2, 5 & 11), January 3, 1958 (tracks 6-8) and January 6, 1958 (tracks 1, 9 & 10)