Shelly Manne discography explained
This is the discography for American jazz drummer Shelly Manne.[1]
As leader
- Here's that Manne (Dee Gee, 1952)
- Shelly Manne Vol. 2 (Contemporary, 1954)
- The West Coast Sound (Contemporary, 1955) – rec. 1953–1955. Re-release of the first Shelly Manne & His Men 10-inch LP with additional material.
- Swinging Sounds (Contemporary, 1956)
- More Swinging Sounds (Contemporary, 1956)
- Shelly Manne & His Friends (Contemporary, 1956)
- My Fair Lady (Contemporary, 1956)
- Li'l Abner (Contemporary, 1957)
- Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957) – rec. 1955-1957
- The Gambit (Contemporary, 1958) – rec. 1957-1958
- Bells Are Ringing (Contemporary, 1958)
- Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (Contemporary, 1959)
- Son of Gunn!! (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 1 (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 2 (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 3 (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 4 (Contemporary, 1959)
- "The Three" & "The Two" (Contemporary, 1960) – rec. 1954. Compilation of previously issued 10-inch LPs.
- The Proper Time (Contemporary, 1960) – Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (Contemporary, 1961) – with Ruth Price
- Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (Contemporary, 1961) – Double LP, reissued on 2 separate CDs
- Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (Contemporary, 1961)
- Sounds Unheard Of! (with Jack Marshall, Contemporary, 1962) – stereo demonstration record
- 2-3-4 (with Coleman Hawkins, Impulse!, 1962)
- Empathy (with Bill Evans, Verve, 1962)
- My Son the Jazz Drummer! (Contemporary, 1962) – reissued as Steps to the Desert in 2004
- My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast (arranged and conducted by Johnny Williams with Jack Sheldon and Irene Kral; Capitol, 1964)
- Manne–That's Gershwin! (arranged and directed by John Williams; Capitol, 1965)
- Sounds! (with Jack Marshall, Capitol, 1966)
- Boss Sounds! (Atlantic, 1966)
- Jazz Gunn (Atlantic, 1967)
- Daktari (Atlantic, 1967)
- Young Billy Young (United Artists, 1969) – Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Outside (Contemporary, 1970) – rec. 1969
- Alive in London (Contemporary, 1970)
- Mannekind (Mainstream, 1972)
- Hot Coles (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
- The Drum Session with Louie Bellson, Willie Bobo and Paul Humphrey (Philips, 1975)
- Perk Up (Concord, 1976) – rec. 1967
- Rex: Shelly Manne Plays Richard Rogers (Discovery, 1976)
- Essence (Galaxy, 1977)
- French Concert (with Lee Konitz, Galaxy, 1979) – rec. 1977
- Double Piano Jazz Quartet — In Concert at Carmelo's (Trend, 1980)
- Hollywood Jam (Atlas, 1981)
- Fingering (with Monty Alexander and Ray Brown, Atlas, 1981)
- One on One (with Russ Freeman, Atlas, 1982)
- The Shelly Manne Trio in Zurich (Contemporary, 1984)
- At the Black Hawk 5 (Contemporary, 1991) – rec. 1959
- Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (Reel to Real, 2024) - rec. 1958 and 1966
As sideman
With Chet Baker
With Elmer Bernstein
- The Man with the Golden Arm (Decca, 1956)
- Sweet Smell of Success (Decca, 1957)
With Benny Carter
With Teddy Charles
With Buddy Collette
With Maynard Ferguson
With Stan Getz
With Jimmy Giuffre
With Hampton Hawes
With Lena Horne
With Quincy Jones
With Stan Kenton
- Stan Kenton's Milestones (Capitol, 1950) – rec. 1943-1947
- Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, 1952) – rec. 1944-1947
- Artistry in Rhythm (Capitol, 1946)
- Encores (Capitol, 1947)
- A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (Capitol, 1947)
- Innovations in Modern Music (Capitol, 1950)
- Stan Kenton Presents (Capitol, 1950)
- City of Glass (Capitol, 1951)
- Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953)
- This Modern World (Capitol, 1953)
- The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1955) – rec. 1940–1954
- Kenton with Voices (Capitol, 1957)
- Lush Interlude (Capitol, 1958)
- The Innovations Orchestra (Capitol, 1997) – rec. 1950-1951
With Barney Kessel
- Kessel Plays Standards (Contemporary, 1954)
- To Swing or Not to Swing (Contemporary, 1955)
- Easy Like (Contemporary, 1956) – rec. 1953–1956
- Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By (Contemporary, 1956)
- The Poll Winners with Ray Brown (Contemporary, 1957)
- The Poll Winners Ride Again! with Ray Brown (Contemporary, 1958)
- Carmen (Contemporary, 1959)
- Some Like It Hot (Contemporary, 1959)
- Poll Winners Three! (Contemporary, 1959)
- Exploring the Scene! (Contemporary, 1960)
- Let's Cook! (Contemporary, 1962) – rec. 1957
With Peggy Lee
With Junior Mance
With Henry Mancini
- More Music from Peter Gunn (RCA Victor, 1959)
- The Mancini Touch (RCA Victor, 1960)
- Combo! (RCA Victor, 1961)
With Jack Montrose
With Mark Murphy
With Oliver Nelson
With Art Pepper
With André Previn
With Shorty Rogers
- Modern Sounds (Capitol, 1951)
- Shorty Rogers and His Giants (RCA Victor, 1953)
- Cool and Crazy (RCA Victor, 1953)
- Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (RCA Victor, 1954)
- Collaboration with André Previn (RCA Victor, 1954)
- The Swinging Mr. Rogers (Atlantic, 1955)
- Martians Come Back! (Atlantic, 1956) – rec. 1955
- Way Up There (Atlantic, 1957) – rec. 1955
- Afro-Cuban Influence (RCA Victor, 1958)
- The Fourth Dimension in Sound (Warner Bros., 1961)
- Bossa Nova (Reprise, 1962)
- Martians Stay Home (Atlantic, 1980) – rec. 1955
With Sonny Rollins
With Pete Rugolo
- Introducing Pete Rugolo (Columbia, 1954)
- Adventures in Rhythm (Columbia, 1954)
- Rugolomania (Columbia, 1955)
- New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (Harmony, 1957) – rec. 1954–1955
- Music for Hi-Fi Bugs (EmArcy, 1956)
- Out on a Limb (EmArcy, 1956)
- Percussion at Work (EmArcy, 1957)
- (Mercury, 1958) – rec. 1956
- Rugolo Plays Kenton (EmArcy, 1958)
- The Music from Richard Diamond (EmArcy, 1959)
- 10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos (Mercury, 1960)
- Ten Trumpets and 2 Guitars (Mercury, 1961)
- 10 Saxophones and 2 Basses (Mercury, 1961)
With Lalo Schifrin
With Bud Shank
With Tom Waits
With others
- Elek Bacsik, Bird and Dizzy – a musical tribute (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
- Don Bagley, Basically Bagley (Dot, 1953)
- Brass Fever, Brass Fever (Impulse!, 1975)
- Kenny Burrell, Heritage (AudioSource, 1980)
- June Christy, The Song Is June! (Capitol, 1958)
- Ornette Coleman, Tomorrow Is the Question! (Contemporary, 1959)
- Sonny Criss, I'll Catch the Sun! (Prestige, 1969)
- Bill Evans, A Simple Matter of Conviction (Verve, 1966)
- Art Farmer, On the Road (Contemporary, 1976)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Whisper Not (Verve, 1967)
- Dizzy Gillespie, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995) – rec. 1937–1949
- Johnny Hartman, I Love Everybody (ABC, 1967)
- Richard "Groove" Holmes, Six Million Dollar Man, (RCA, 1975)
- Paul Horn, Plenty of Horn (Dot, 1958)
- Joni James, After Hours (MGM, 1963)
- The Jazz Afro-Cuban Beat, Hot Skins (Interlude, 1959)
- Hank Jones, Just for Fun (Galaxy, 1977)
- John Klemmer, Constant Throb (Impulse!, 1971)
- Jimmy Knepper, Jimmy Knepper in L.A. (Discomate, 1978) – rec. 1977
- Andy LaVerne, Captain Video (Atlas, 1981)
- John Lewis, Kansas City Breaks (Finesse, 1982)
- Johnny Mandel, I Want to Live (United Artists, 1958)
- Barry Manilow, (Arista, 1984)
- Warne Marsh, Live in Hollywood (Xanadu, 1979) – rec. 1952
- Bill Mays, Tha's Delights (Trend, 1983)
- Howard McGhee, Maggie's Back in Town!! (Contemporary, 1961)
- Bette Midler, Broken Blossom (Atlantic, 1977)
- Gerry Mulligan, I Want to Live (United Artists, 1958)
- Jack Nitzsche, Heart Beat: Soundtrack (Capitol, 1980)
- Linda Perhacs, Parallelograms (Kapp, 1970)
- Red Rodney, Superbop (Muse, 1974)
- Joe Sample and Ray Brown, The Three (East Wind, 1975)
- George Shearing, Out of the Woods (Capitol, 1965) – rec. 1964
- Zoot Sims, The Swinger (Pablo, 1979)
- Sonny Stitt, Dumpy Mama (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
- Dan Terry, The Complete Vita Recordings of Dan Terry (Vita, 1952)
- Captain & Tennille, Dream (A&M, 1978)
- Cal Tjader, Breathe Easy (Galaxy, 1978) – rec. 1977
- Joe Williams, With Love (Temponic, 1972)
- Nancy Wilson, The Sound of Nancy Wilson (Capitol, 1968)
- Frank Zappa, Lumpy Gravy (Verve, 1968)
Notes and References
- Web site: Shelly Manne - Album Discography - AllMusic. AllMusic.