Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate

Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate
Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate
Studio album by Shelly Manne & His Men
Released	1962
Recorded	October 17–24, 1961; Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:49
Label	Contemporary M3599/S7599
Producer	Lester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology

Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (full title Shelly Manne & His Men Play the Music of John Williams from the TV Series Checkmate) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men performing John Williams' score from the TV show Checkmate, recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "None of the melodies caught on but at least they gave these fine musicians some fresh material to improvise on. However, this album is not essential despite some strong solos".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "nothing too memorable; just a very competent and thoroughly enjoyable jazz disc."^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by John Williams

"Checkmate" - 8:04
"The Isolated Pawn" - 6:10
"Cyanide Touch" - 7:46
"The King Swings" - 5:34
"En Passant" - 5:46
"Fireside Eyes" - 3:52
"The Black Knight" - 6:37

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 21, 2015
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. USA: Penguin. pp. 322.

[Contemporary_Records_discography-1] Contemporary Records discography accessed May 21, 2015

[AllMusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2015.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. USA: Penguin. pp. 322.

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