Shelly Manne & His Men - Shelly Manne & His Men, Vol. 2 '1998

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Dimension in Thirds (Paich)
02. Shapes, Motions, Colors (Rogers)
03. Alternation (Giuffre)
04. Divertimento for Brass & Rhythm (Cooper)
05. Lullaby (Holman)
06. Etude de Concert (Montrose)
07. Concerto for Clarinet & Combo: 1st Movement (Smith)
08. Concerto for Clarinet & Combo: 2nd Movement (Smith)
09. Concerto for Clarinet & Combo: 3rd Movement (Smith)

Recording Date: December 18, 1953 - June 24, 1957

personnel : 

#1-6:
Ollie Mitchell (#1-3), Don Fagerquist (#4-6) - first trumpet
Shorty Rogers - second trumpet, flugelhorn
Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone
Paul Sarmento - tuba
Russ Freeman (#1-3), Marty Paich (#4-6) - piano
Joe Mondragon - bass
Shelly Manne - drums
Recorded in Hollywood, CA; December 18, 1953 (#1-3) and March 17, 1954 (#4-6).
#7-9:
Bill Smith - clarinet
Stu Williamson - trumpet
Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone
Vincent De Rosa - French horn
Charlie Mariano - alto saxophone
Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone
Bill Holman - baritone saxophone
Russ Freeman - piano
Monty Budwig - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

Shelly Mannes second workshop 10 LP is even more advanced than his first, at
times reaching outside the West Coast cool jazz idiom toward contemporary
classical music -- with no cover tunes this time. Where the first album was
centered on a sax ensemble, Vol. 2 is devoted to a four-man brass group -- with
Russ Freeman or Marty Paich on piano and Joe Mondragon on bass -- and this seems
to have unleashed a wilder surge of creative freedom among Mannes six
arrangers/composers. Indeed, some pieces virtually abandon jazz altogether. Bill
Holmans Lullaby amounts to a gentle, free-flowing etude for brass and mallets,
and Jimmy Giuffres Alternation has no apparent key signature or steady pulse, a
series of abstract proclamations colored by percussive effects. Shorty Rogers
extended Shapes, Motion, Colors takes off in all kinds of directions, with some
straight-forward swinging portions that resemble contemporary classical music
and a dialog for bass and tom-toms to close. However, Bob Cooper keeps his
Divertimento for Brass and Rhythm swinging at all times, Marty Paichs Dimension
in Thirds is a joyous piece loaded with brasses playing in thirds (big
surprise), and Jack Montroses Etude De Concert is a serious, intricate piece of
work that somehow maintains a jazz feeling even when not explicitly spelling out
the pulse. Manne is such a great, empathetic drummer that he is able to give
most of this experimentation a solid rhythmic core on which to play. Given this
musics esoteric bent, its not surprising that it was reissued on CD only in a
limited edition. ~Richard S. Ginell
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