Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate

Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate
Studio album by
Shelly Manne & His Men
Released1962
RecordedOctober 17 & 24, 1961
StudioContemporary Records Studio (Los Angeles, California)
GenreJazz
Length43:49
LabelContemporary M3599/S7599
ProducerLester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
(1961) 		Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate
(1962) 		Sounds Unheard Of!
(1962)

Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (full title Shelly Manne & His Men Play the Music of John Williams from the TV Series Checkmate) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men performing John Williams' score from the TV show Checkmate, recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "None of the melodies caught on but at least they gave these fine musicians some fresh material to improvise on. However, this album is not essential despite some strong solos".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "nothing too memorable; just a very competent and thoroughly enjoyable jazz disc."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by John Williams

  1. "Checkmate" - 8:04
  2. "The Isolated Pawn" - 6:10
  3. "Cyanide Touch" - 7:46
  4. "The King Swings" - 5:34
  5. "En Passant" - 5:46
  6. "Fireside Eyes" - 3:52
  7. "The Black Knight" - 6:37

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 21, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. USA: Penguin. pp. 322.