The Music Man (album) explained

The Music Man
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Jimmy Giuffre
Cover:	The Music Man (album).jpg
Released:	February 1958
Recorded:	December 31, 1957 and January 2, 3 & 6, 1958 Coastal Recording Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Atlantic LP 1276
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun
Chronology:	Jimmy Giuffre
Prev Title:	The Jimmy Giuffre 3
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Trav'lin' Light
Next Year:	1958

The Music Man (full title Jimmy Giuffre 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 1957 Broadway musical, The Music Man which was released on the Atlantic label in February 1958.^[1] ^[2]

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)

Personnel

Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman – tenor saxophone
Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone
Wendell Marshall – bass
Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Notes and References

Fitzgerald, M., Jimmy Giuffre Leader Entry accessed July 6, 2015
http://www.jazzdisco.org/jimmy-giuffre/catalog/#atlantic-lp-1276 Jimmy Giuffre Catalog