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The West Coast Sound

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Released
  
1956

Label
  
Contemporary C3507

Artist
  
Shelly Manne

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

Length
  
36:18

The West Coast Sound(1953-55)
  
Swinging Sounds(1956)

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
April 6 and July 20, 1953 and September 13, 1955Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California

Similar
  
Swinging Sounds, Shelly Manne & His Friends, More Swinging Sounds, Cool and Crazy, Shelly Manne & His Men

The West Coast Sound (subtitled Volume 1) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded at sessions in 1953 and 1955 and released on the Contemporary label. The album features Manne's first recordings for Contemporary from 1953—eight tracks originally released on a 10-inch album—along with an additional four tracks from 1955.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "the music has plenty of variety yet defines the era... Highly recommended and proof (if any is really needed) that West Coast jazz was far from bloodless".

Track listing

  1. "Grasshopper" (Shelly Manne) - 2:52
  2. "La Mucura" (Traditional) - 3:02
  3. "Summer Night" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 3:19
  4. "Afrodesia" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:30
  5. "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 3:10
  6. "Gazzelle" (Bill Russo) - 3:01
  7. "Sweets" (Russo) - 2:53
  8. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:43
  9. "Mallets" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:26
  10. "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" (Warren, Dubin) - 3:14
  11. "You're My Thrill" (Burton Lane, Ned Washington) - 3:05
  12. "Fugue" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 2:47
  • Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on April 6, 1953 (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9), July 20, 1953 (tracks 4, 7, 11 & 12), and September 13, 1955 (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10).

    • Personnel

  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone
  • Joe Maini (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10), Art Pepper (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9), Bud Shank (tracks 4, 7, 11 & 12) - alto saxophone
  • Bob Cooper (tracks 2, 4-7, 9, 11 & 12), Bill Holman (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10) - tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Giuffre - baritone saxophone
  • Russ Freeman (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10), Marty Paich (tracks 2, 4-7, 9, 11 & 12) - piano
  • Curtis Counce (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9), Joe Mondragon (tracks 4, 7, 11 & 12), Ralph Pena (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10) - bass
  • Arrangements by Bob Enevoldsen (track 10), Jimmy Giuffre (track 12), Bill Holman (tracks 1 & 8), Marty Paich (tracks 3 & 11), Shorty Rogers (tracks 2, 4 & 9) and Bill Russo (tracks 5-7)

    • References

    The West Coast Sound Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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