Navy Swings

by Shelly Manne

Overview

The music on this CD is mostly taken from radio shows in the series "The Navy Swings" performed during 1961-1970. Three different versions of drummer Shelly Manne & His Men, a top-notch hard bop quintet, are featured. The performances are mostly very concise (under three minutes), so solos are brief and sometimes only one horn is featured per song. However, the music is a valuable addition to the discography of such players as Manne, trumpeter Conte Candoli, tenor saxophonist Richie Kamuca, altoist Frank Strozier, and pianists Russ Freeman and Mike Wofford, with four numbers from Manne's lesser-known post-bop 1970 group. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2002
Label:	Studio West
UPC:	0722937310921
Rank:	144643

Tracks

1. It Could Happen to You
2. Teef
3. Steve
4. The King Swings
5. Green Dolphin Street
6. The Champ
7. A Gem from Tiffany
8. Love for Sale
9. Wouldn't You
10. The Breeze and I
11. Speak Low
12. Fan Tan
13. Morris Minor
14. Frank's Tune
15. Summertime
16. Alone Together
17. March of the Siamese Children
18. The Man I Love
19. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
20. Yesterdays
21. Easy High-Flying Phyllis
22. Here's That Rainy Day
23. The Navy Swings

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shelly Manne   Primary Artist,Drums
Richie Kamuca   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Monty Budwig   Primary Artist,Bass
John Gross   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Mike Wofford   Primary Artist,Piano
Gary Barone   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Frank Strozier   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
Russ Freeman   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Piano
Chuck Berghofer   Primary Artist,Bass
Conte Candoli   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Trumpet

Technical Credits

Vil Vohler   Producer,Composer,Session Producer
Ernesto Lecuona   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Ogden Nash   Composer
Bill Holman   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Frank Strozier   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
John Williams   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Arthur Schwartz   Composer
Al Stillman   Composer
Bronislaw Kaper   Composer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Russ Freeman   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Stan Levey   Photography
Mario Levesque   CD Layout,Design
John Jungklaus   Mastering
Steve Bohannon   Composer
Sonny Red Kyner   Composer
Scott Yanow   Liner Notes
Ned Washington   Composer
Peter Jacobson   Mastering,Producer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Jeff Watson   Composer
Howard Dietz   Composer