Name: Play More Music from Peter Gunn - Son of a Gunn
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SKU: 123147
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Play More Music from Peter Gunn - Son of a Gunn

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Album: Play More Music from Peter Gunn - Son of a Gunn
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Odd Ball Album Version	More Info...	3:30
2)	Blue Steel Album Version	More Info...	4:49
3)	Spook! Album Version	More Info...	5:21
4)	Joanna Album Version	More Info...	4:10
5)	Goofin' At The Coffee House Album Version	More Info...	3:31
6)	Walkin' Bass Album Version	More Info...	4:28
7)	My Manne Shelly Album Version	More Info...	3:35
8)	Blues For Mother's Album Version	More Info...	4:21
9)	A Quiet Gass Album Version	More Info...	4:33
10)	Lightly Album Version	More Info...	3:33

Album: Play More Music from Peter Gunn - Son of a Gunn
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Odd Ball Album Version	More Info...	3:30
2)	Blue Steel Album Version	More Info...	4:49
3)	Spook! Album Version	More Info...	5:21
4)	Joanna Album Version	More Info...	4:10
5)	Goofin' At The Coffee House Album Version	More Info...	3:31
6)	Walkin' Bass Album Version	More Info...	4:28
7)	My Manne Shelly Album Version	More Info...	3:35
8)	Blues For Mother's Album Version	More Info...	4:21
9)	A Quiet Gass Album Version	More Info...	4:33
10)	Lightly Album Version	More Info...	3:33

Performer Notes

Shelly Manne: Shelly Manne; Victor Feldman (vibraharp); Monty Budwig (bass guitar); Joe Gordon, Richie Kamuca, Russ Freeman .
Personnel: Shelly Manne (drums); Richie Kamuca (tenor saxophone); Joe Gordon (trumpet); Russ Freeman (piano); Victor Feldman (vibraphone, marimba).
Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino.
Liner Note Author: Lester Koenig.
Recording information: Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles, CA (05/21/1959/05/26/1959).
While drummer/bandleader Shelly Manne's initial 1959 outing, dedicated to Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn TV scores, was more than just a novelty, this follow-up disc stretches the concept to the absolute limit. Recorded only five months after the release of Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn, Son of Gunn!! sounds exactly like what it is: jazz musicians taking ostensibly generic background music for a television show and trying to make something more out of it. Apparently, even Mancini was aware of the challenge these musicians were facing, and encouraged them to apply free interpretations on these ten cuts and not to worry about maintaining a "Mancini feeling." Besides the lack of interesting material, Manne was also working with a brand-new front lineup, as trumpeter Conte Candoli and alto saxophonist Herb Geller were replaced by trumpeter Joe Gordon and tenor man Richie Kamuca. In retrospect, this isn't a horrible set, just one that should have focused less on concept and more on vision. ~ Al Campbell