I don’t think I’ve practiced two hours in 20 years. But it’s different with me than it is with a lot of younger guys, because I’ve been playing practically every night for 20 years. If […]
Category: Shelly Manne
Very occasional quote of the day: Shelly on Buddy
Manne: What I resent is the drummer who falls into the trap of becoming obsessed with the technical aspects of the drums —you know, playing all these figures that come from rudiments. It becomes a […]
Transcription: The Sound Effects Manne
Here’s an interesting duo piece with Shelly Manne and pianist Russ Freeman, from Manne’s 1954 record The Three & The Two. Also on the record are Shorty Rogers and Jimmy Giuffre, all Lighthouse regulars— there […]
Listening to Shelly Manne
A few notes while listening one track of a live piano trio record by Michel Legrand, with Shelly Manne, Ray Brown on bass. Recorded in 1968. The movie The Thomas Crowne Affair just came out, […]
Larry Bunker / Shelly Manne / Donald Bailey on solo structure
In a drummer round table in Down Beat magazine (March, 1973), Larry Bunker, Shelly Manne and Donald Bailey discuss soloing: Larry Bunker: When I solo I always think in terms of the structure of the […]
Down Beat Drum Talk 1964: the bass drum
Continuing the talk about the use of the bass drum in jazz, particularly with regard to keeping time, aka “feathering”, here is an extended exchange from Down Beat Magazine’s March 1964 issue, between Elvin Jones, […]
Transcription: Shelly Manne – Come, Gone
Here’s a drum solo by Shelly Manne on Come, Gone, from Sonny Rollins’s album Way Out West. I don’t know the album real well, and listening to this at random I was sure it was […]
Transcription: Flight For Freedom – 01
OK, first complete transcription using Musescore, doing basically everything I need it to do for this site. Same recording I’ve been working with, Flight For Freedom by Oliver Nelson, from his record Skull Session, with […]
Very occasional quote of the day: practicing vs. playing
Most important thing on this site: DL: How important is it to play, and how important is it to practice on your own? SM: It’s more important to play. I’ve always felt that playing is […]
Transcription: Shelly Manne – What Laurie Likes
Here’s Shelly Manne playing a funk jam— What Laurie Likes, by Art Pepper, from Pepper’s album Living Legend. This is really just to get you to listen to Charlie Haden— that’s a bassist— who is […]
Groove o’ the day: Shelly Manne — Way Out West
Here are a couple of very famous things by Shelly Manne, from the album Way Out West by Sonny Rollins. Sonny could be a little perverse in his tune selections, often choosing things that would […]