This is the discography for American jazz drummer Shelly Manne.
As leader
Here's that Manne (Dee Gee, 1952) Shelly Manne Vol. 2 (Contemporary, 1954) The West Coast Sound (Contemporary, 1955) – rec. 1953–1955. Re-release of the first Shelly Manne & His Men 10-inch LP with additional material. Swinging Sounds (Contemporary, 1956) More Swinging Sounds (Contemporary, 1956) Shelly Manne & His Friends (Contemporary, 1956) My Fair Lady (Contemporary, 1956) Li'l Abner (Contemporary, 1957) Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957) – rec. 1955-1957 The Gambit (Contemporary, 1958) – rec. 1957-1958 Bells Are Ringing (Contemporary, 1958) Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (Contemporary, 1959) Son of Gunn!! (Contemporary, 1959) At the Black Hawk 1 (Contemporary, 1959) At the Black Hawk 2 (Contemporary, 1959) At the Black Hawk 3 (Contemporary, 1959) At the Black Hawk 4 (Contemporary, 1959) "The Three" & "The Two" (Contemporary, 1960) – rec. 1954. Compilation of previously issued 10-inch LPs. The Proper Time (Contemporary, 1960) – Motion Picture Soundtrack Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (Contemporary, 1961) – with Ruth Price Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (Contemporary, 1961) – Double LP, reissued on 2 separate CDs Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (Contemporary, 1961) Sounds Unheard Of! (with Jack Marshall, Contemporary, 1962) – stereo demonstration record 2-3-4 (with Coleman Hawkins, Impulse!, 1962) Empathy (with Bill Evans, Verve, 1962) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (Contemporary, 1962) – reissued as Steps to the Desert in 2004 My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast (arranged and conducted by Johnny Williams with Jack Sheldon and Irene Kral; Capitol, 1964) Manne–That's Gershwin! (arranged and directed by John Williams; Capitol, 1965) Sounds! (with Jack Marshall, Capitol, 1966) Boss Sounds! (Atlantic, 1966) Jazz Gunn (Atlantic, 1967) Daktari (Atlantic, 1967) Young Billy Young (United Artists, 1969) – Motion Picture Soundtrack Outside (Contemporary, 1970) – rec. 1969 Alive in London (Contemporary, 1970) Mannekind (Mainstream, 1972) Hot Coles (Flying Dutchman, 1975) The Drum Session with Louie Bellson, Willie Bobo and Paul Humphrey (Philips, 1975) Perk Up (Concord, 1976) – rec. 1967 Rex: Shelly Manne Plays Richard Rogers (Discovery, 1976) Essence (Galaxy, 1977) French Concert (with Lee Konitz, Galaxy, 1979) – rec. 1977 Double Piano Jazz Quartet — In Concert at Carmelo's (Trend, 1980) Hollywood Jam (Atlas, 1981) Fingering (with Monty Alexander and Ray Brown, Atlas, 1981) One on One (with Russ Freeman, Atlas, 1982) The Shelly Manne Trio in Zurich (Contemporary, 1984) At the Black Hawk 5 (Contemporary, 1991) – rec. 1959 Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (Reel to Real, 2024) - rec. 1958 and 1966
As sideman
With Chet Baker Chet Baker & Strings (Columbia, 1954) The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz, 1955) – compilation Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz, 1956) Pretty/Groovy (World Pacific, 1958) – rec. 1953-1954 Witch Doctor (Contemporary, 1985) – rec. 1953 Grey December (Pacific Jazz, 1992) – rec. 1953 West Coast Live – with Stan Getz (Pacific Jazz, 1997) – live rec. 1954
With Elmer Bernstein The Man with the Golden Arm (Decca, 1956) Sweet Smell of Success (Decca, 1957)
With Benny Carter Jazz Giant (Contemporary, 1958) Swingin' the '20s (with Earl Hines, Contemporary, 1958) Aspects (United Artists, 1959)
With Teddy Charles Collaboration West (Prestige, 1953) Evolution (Prestige, 1957) – rec. 1953
With Nat King Cole Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (Capitol, 1962)
With Buddy Collette Nice Day with Buddy Collette (Contemporary, 1957) At the Cinema! (Mercury, 1959)
With Maynard Ferguson Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party (EmArcy, 1954) Dimensions (EmArcy, 1955) Maynard Ferguson Octet (EmArcy, 1955)
With Stan Getz West Coast Jazz (Norgran, 1955) Hamp and Getz (with Lionel Hampton, Norgran, 1955) Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds (Verve, 1957) – rec. 1953-1955
With Jimmy Giuffre Jimmy Giuffre (Capitol, 1955) The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Atlantic, 1956)
With Hampton Hawes Four! (Contemporary, 1958) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (Contemporary, 1978) – rec. 1976
With Lena Horne Stormy Weather (RCA Victor, 1957) Lena...Lovely and Alive (RCA Victor, 1962)
With Quincy Jones Go West, Man! (ABC Paramount, 1957) Roots (A&M, 1977)
With Stan Kenton Stan Kenton's Milestones (Capitol, 1950) – rec. 1943-1947 Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, 1952) – rec. 1944-1947 Artistry in Rhythm (Capitol, 1946) Encores (Capitol, 1947) A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (Capitol, 1947) Innovations in Modern Music (Capitol, 1950) Stan Kenton Presents (Capitol, 1950) City of Glass (Capitol, 1951) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953) This Modern World (Capitol, 1953) The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1955) – rec. 1940–1954 Kenton with Voices (Capitol, 1957) Lush Interlude (Capitol, 1958) The Innovations Orchestra (Capitol, 1997) – rec. 1950-1951
With Barney Kessel Kessel Plays Standards (Contemporary, 1954) To Swing or Not to Swing (Contemporary, 1955) Easy Like (Contemporary, 1956) – rec. 1953–1956 Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By (Contemporary, 1956) The Poll Winners with Ray Brown (Contemporary, 1957) The Poll Winners Ride Again! with Ray Brown (Contemporary, 1958) Carmen (Contemporary, 1959) Some Like It Hot (Contemporary, 1959) Poll Winners Three! (Contemporary, 1959) Exploring the Scene! (Contemporary, 1960) Let's Cook! (Contemporary, 1962) – rec. 1957
With Peggy Lee Things Are Swingin' (Capitol, 1958) I Like Men! (Capitol, 1959) If You Go (Capitol, 1961)
With Junior Mance Get Ready, Set, Jump!!! (Capitol, 1964) Straight Ahead! (Capitol, 1964)
With Henry Mancini More Music from Peter Gunn (RCA Victor, 1959) The Mancini Touch (RCA Victor, 1960) Combo! (RCA Victor, 1961)
With Jack Montrose Arranged by Montrose (Pacific Jazz, 1954) Arranged/Played/Composed by Jack Montrose (Atlantic, 1955) Jack Montrose Sextet (Pacific Jazz, 1955) Blues and Vanilla (RCA Victor, 1956)
With Mark Murphy Playing the Field (Capitol, 1960)
With Oliver Nelson Sound Pieces (Impulse!, 1966) Skull Session (Flying Dutchman, 1975) Stolen Moments (East Wind, 1975)
With Art Pepper The Return of Art Pepper (Jazz: West, 1956) Living Legend (Contemporary, 1975) Popo with Shorty Rogers (Xanadu, 1980) – rec. 1951
With André Previn Pal Joey (Contemporary, 1957) West Side Story (Contemporary, 1959) The Subterraneans: Soundtrack (MGM, 1960) A Different Kind of Blues (with Itzhak Perlman, Angel, 1980)
With Shorty Rogers Modern Sounds (Capitol, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (RCA Victor, 1953) Cool and Crazy (RCA Victor, 1953) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (RCA Victor, 1954) Collaboration with André Previn (RCA Victor, 1954) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (Atlantic, 1955) Martians Come Back! (Atlantic, 1956) – rec. 1955 Way Up There (Atlantic, 1957) – rec. 1955 Afro-Cuban Influence (RCA Victor, 1958) The Fourth Dimension in Sound (Warner Bros., 1961) Bossa Nova (Reprise, 1962) Martians Stay Home (Atlantic, 1980) – rec. 1955
With Sonny Rollins Way Out West (Contemporary, 1957) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (Contemporary, 1958)
With Pete Rugolo Introducing Pete Rugolo (Columbia, 1954) Adventures in Rhythm (Columbia, 1954) Rugolomania (Columbia, 1955) New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (Harmony, 1957) – rec. 1954–1955 Music for Hi-Fi Bugs (EmArcy, 1956) Out on a Limb (EmArcy, 1956) Percussion at Work (EmArcy, 1957) An Adventure in Sound: Reeds in Hi-Fi (Mercury, 1958) – rec. 1956 Rugolo Plays Kenton (EmArcy, 1958) The Music from Richard Diamond (EmArcy, 1959) 10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos (Mercury, 1960) Ten Trumpets and 2 Guitars (Mercury, 1961) 10 Saxophones and 2 Basses (Mercury, 1961)
With Lalo Schifrin Gone with the Wave (Colpix, 1964) Music from Mission: Impossible (Dot, 1967) There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (Dot, 1968)
With Bud Shank Strings & Trombones (Pacific Jazz, 1955) Barefoot Adventure (Pacific Jazz, 1961) Windmills of Your Mind (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
With Frank Sinatra Come Dance with Me! (Capitol, 1959)
With Tom Waits Small Change (Asylum, 1976) Foreign Affairs (Asylum, 1977)
With others Elek Bacsik, Bird and Dizzy – a musical tribute (Flying Dutchman, 1975) Don Bagley, Basically Bagley (Dot, 1953) Brass Fever, Brass Fever (Impulse!, 1975) Teresa Brewer, A Sophisticated Lady (Columbia, 1981) Kenny Burrell, Heritage (AudioSource, 1980) Betty Carter, 'Round Midnight (Atco, 1963) June Christy, The Song Is June! (Capitol, 1958) Ornette Coleman, Tomorrow Is the Question! (Contemporary, 1959) Sonny Criss, I'll Catch the Sun! (Prestige, 1969) Duane Eddy, Because They're Young (Jaime, 1960) Bill Evans, A Simple Matter of Conviction (Verve, 1966) Art Farmer, On the Road (Contemporary, 1976) Ella Fitzgerald, Whisper Not (Verve, 1967) The Four Freshmen, Voices In Latin (Capitol, 1958) The Four Freshmen, The Four Freshmen and Five Guitars (Capitol, 1959) The Four Freshmen, First Affair (Capitol, 1960) The Four Freshmen, More Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (Capitol, 1964) Dizzy Gillespie, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995) – rec. 1937–1949 Johnny Hartman, I Love Everybody (ABC, 1967) Richard "Groove" Holmes, Six Million Dollar Man, (RCA, 1975) Paul Horn, Plenty of Horn (Dot, 1958) Joni James, After Hours (MGM, 1963) The Jazz Afro-Cuban Beat, Hot Skins (Interlude, 1959) Hank Jones, Just for Fun (Galaxy, 1977) John Klemmer, Constant Throb (Impulse!, 1971) Jimmy Knepper, Jimmy Knepper in L.A. (Discomate, 1978) – rec. 1977 Andy LaVerne, Captain Video (Atlas, 1981) John Lewis, Kansas City Breaks (Finesse, 1982) Johnny Mandel, I Want to Live (United Artists, 1958) Barry Manilow, 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Arista, 1984) Warne Marsh, Live in Hollywood (Xanadu, 1979) – rec. 1952 Bill Mays, Tha's Delights (Trend, 1983) Howard McGhee, Maggie's Back in Town!! (Contemporary, 1961) Bette Midler, Broken Blossom (Atlantic, 1977) Gerry Mulligan, I Want to Live (United Artists, 1958) Jack Nitzsche, Heart Beat: Soundtrack (Capitol, 1980) Linda Perhacs, Parallelograms (Kapp, 1970) Red Rodney, Superbop (Muse, 1974) Joe Sample and Ray Brown, The Three (East Wind, 1975) George Shearing, Out of the Woods (Capitol, 1965) – rec. 1964 Zoot Sims, The Swinger (Pablo, 1979) Sonny Stitt, Dumpy Mama (Flying Dutchman, 1975) Dan Terry, The Complete Vita Recordings of Dan Terry (Vita, 1952) Captain & Tennille, Dream (A&M, 1978) Cal Tjader, Breathe Easy (Galaxy, 1978) – rec. 1977 Mel Tormé, Tormé (Verve, 1958) Mel Tormé, I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (Verve, 1962) Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York (Atlantic, 1963) Joe Williams, With Love (Temponic, 1972) Nancy Wilson, The Sound of Nancy Wilson (Capitol, 1968) Frank Zappa, Lumpy Gravy (Verve, 1968)
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