Artist: Shelly Manne
Birth Name: Sheldon Manne
Born: June 11, 1920. New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 26, 1964 (Aged 64). Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz, Third Stream, Be-Bop, West Coast Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz
Occupation: Drummer, Percussionist, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments: Drums, Percussion
Shelly Manne was an American Drummer, Percussionist, Composer and Bandleader. In his youth he admired many of the leading Swing Drummers of the day, especially Jo Jones and Dave Tough. He rapidly developed his style in the clubs of 52nd Street in New York in the late 1930s and 1940s. His first professional job with a known big band was with the Bobby Byrne Orchestra in 1940. In those years, as he became known, he recorded with Jazz Stars like Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers, and Don Byas. He also worked with a number of musicians mainly associated with Duke Ellington, like Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, and Rex Stewart. He also performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He became part of the working bands of Woody Herman and , especially Stan Kenton in the late of 1940s and early 1950s.
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