My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast
1964 studio album by Shelly Manne
My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast | ||||
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Studio album by Shelly Manne | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | July 28, and August 3, 4 & 6, 1964 | |||
Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:26 | |||
Label | Capitol T/ST 2173 | |||
Producer | Dave Cavanaugh | |||
Shelly Manne chronology | ||||
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My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast is an album by drummer Shelly Manne with Jack Sheldon and Irene Kral and musical direction by Johnny Williams, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.[1] The album, featuring Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's music from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady, sought to capitalize on Manne's previously successful My Fair Lady album and the contemporaneous film adaptation.
Reception
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The AllMusic review stated: "An interesting but not essential release".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
- "Overture/Why Can't the English" – 3:45
- "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" – 3:00
- "With a Little Bit of Luck" – 3:15
- "I'm an Ordinary Man" – 3:38
- "The Rain in Spain" – 4:38
- "I Could Have Danced All Night" – 2:38
- "Ascot Gavotte" – 2:29
- "On the Street Where You Live" – 3:20
- "You Did It" – 2:16
- "Show Me" – 2:57
- "Get Me to the Church on Time" – 3:30
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" – 4:00
Personnel
- Shelly Manne – drums
- Irene Kral (tracks 2, 5 & 10), Jack Sheldon (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 9)- vocals
- Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Don Sleet, Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito – trumpet
- Bob Edmondson, Frank Rosolino, Mike Barone – trombone
- Richard Perissi, James Decker – French horn
- John Bambridge – tuba
- Charlie Kennedy – alto saxophone
- Jack Nimitz, Justin Gordon, Paul Horn – woodwinds
- Russ Freeman – piano
- Monty Budwig – bass
- John Williams – arranger, musical director
- Unidentified string section
References
- ^ Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. My Fair Lady with the Un-Original Cast – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
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albums
- The Three & The Two (1954)
- The West Coast Sound (1955)
- Swinging Sounds (1956)
- More Swinging Sounds (1956)
- Shelly Manne & His Friends (1956)
- My Fair Lady (1956)
- Li'l Abner (1957)
- Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (1957)
- The Gambit (1958)
- Bells Are Ringing (1958)
- Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (1959)
- Son of Gunn!! (1959)
- The Proper Time (1960)
- Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (1961)
- Sounds Unheard Of! (1962)
- 2-3-4 (1962)
- Empathy (1962)
- My Son the Jazz Drummer! (1962)
- My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast (1964)
- Manne–That's Gershwin! (1965)
- Sounds! (1966)
- Jazz Gunn (1967)
- Perk Up (1967)
- Daktari (1967)
- Outside (1969)
- Mannekind (1972)
- Essence (1977)
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- At the Black Hawk 2 (1959)
- At the Black Hawk 3 (1959)
- At the Black Hawk 4 (1959)
- At the Black Hawk 5 (1959)
- Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (1961)
- Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (1961)
- Boss Sounds! (1966)
- Alive in London (1970)
- French Concert (1977)
- Young Billy Young (1969)