At the Black Hawk 4

At the Black Hawk 4
Live album by
Shelly Manne & His Men
Released1960
RecordedSeptember 22–24, 1959
VenueThe Black Hawk in San Francisco, California
GenreJazz
Length57:07
LabelContemporary M3580/S7580
ProducerLester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
At the Black Hawk 3
(1959) 		At the Black Hawk 4
(1960) 		At the Black Hawk 5
(1959)

At the Black Hawk 4 is a live album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded at the Black Hawk in San Francisco, California, in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label.[1] The album was the last volume of four originally released in 1960. In 1991, the albums were re-released on CD with bonus tracks along with a fifth volume of unreleased recordings, and a Complete Live at the Black Hawk box set was released in 2010.

Reception

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

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The lengthy solos are consistently excellent, making this entire series recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Cabu" (Roland Alexander) - 10:59
  2. "Just Squeeze Me" (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) - 13:02
  3. "Nightingale" (Xavier Cugat, George Rosner, Fred Wise) - 12:07
  4. "Theme: A Gem from Tiffany" (Bill Holman) - 10:09
  5. "Cabu" [alternate take] (Alexander) - 11:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at the Black Hawk, San Francisco on September 22 (tracks 4 & 5) and September 24 (tracks 1–3), 1959.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. At the Blackhawk, Vol. 4 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.