Shelly Manne & His Friends
{{Infobox album
| name = Shelly Manne & His Friends
| type = Album
| artist = Shelly Manne, André Previn and Leroy Vinnegar
| cover = Shelly Manne & His Friends.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1956
| recorded = February 11, 1956
| studio = Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
| venue =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:16
| label = Contemporary C3525
| producer = Lester Koenig
| chronology = Shelly Manne
| prev_title = Swinging Sounds
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = More Swinging Sounds
| next_year = 1956
}}
Shelly Manne & His Friends is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne with pianist André Previn and bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3500-7500-series/#c-3525 Contemporary Records discography] accessed May 18, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 130
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=935}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This initial release from the group, as with all of the later sets, is really a showcase for the remarkable piano playing of Previn who was not even 27 yet but already had a dozen years of major league experience behind him".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000674730 |title=Shelly Manne & His Friends – Review |accessdate=May 18, 2015}}
Track listing
- "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 4:25
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 6:10
- "Squatty Roo" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:58
- "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (Oscar Pettiford) - 7:57
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) - 4:42
- "The Girl Friend" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:20
Personnel
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