Shelly Manne’s Swinging Sounds in Stereo captures the essence of West Coast jazz at its most refined. Recorded in the late 1950s for Contemporary Records, the album features Manne’s working quintet: Stu Williamson on trumpet and valve trombone, Charlie Mariano on alto saxophone, Russ Freeman on piano, and Leroy Vinnegar on bass. Together, they deliver a clean, balanced sound that reflects both the discipline of the swing era and the sophistication of modern jazz.
Artist(s): Drums – Shelly Manne
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano
Bass – Leroy Vinnegar
Piano – Russ Freeman
Trumpet – Stu Williamson
Recording Info: Engineer – Roy DuNann
Producer – Lester Koenig
Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles, on July 16th, August 15th, and August 16th, 1956.
Technical Data from the original album jacket: 10-15,000 cycles. Multiple microphone technique featuring AKG C-12 condenser microphones. Two channel Ampex stereo tape recorder. Mastering on specially designed electronically controlled variable pitch lathe with Westrex 3A "StereoDisk" cutting head, heated stylus, inner diameter quality equalization. RIAA playback curve. Vinylite "Gruve/Gard" pressing.
Components used for this transfer: Analog: Transferred using a VPI - HW-40 Anniversary Direct Drive Turntable - Cartridge used Ortofon MC Anna - Merrill Jens Phono Preamp
Digital: Merging Anubis Analog to Digital Converter powered by Teddy Pardo Linear Power Supply, clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
1 Moose The Mooche 7:29
2 The Wind 5:04
3 Pint Of Blues 9:49
4 Tommyhawk 4:21
Quartet, A Suite In Four Parts
5 1st Part 3:17
6 2nd Part 4:49
7 3rd Part 3:58
8 4th Part 3:36

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