Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole

Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole is a live album by vocalist Ruth Price with drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded at Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California, in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
Live album by
Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men
Released1961
RecordedMarch 3, 4 & 5, 1961
Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
Length41:20
LabelContemporary M 3590/S7590
ProducerLester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
The Proper Time
(1960)
Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
(1961)
Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
(1961)
Ruth Price chronology
The Party's Over
(1957)
Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
(1961)
Live and Beautiful
(1963)

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Singer Ruth Price on this early set falls somewhere between swinging jazz, middle-of-the-road pop, and cabaret. She does not improvise much, but her strong and very appealing voice uplifts the diverse material that she interprets".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 2:47
  2. "They Say It's Spring" (Marty Clark, Bob Haymes) – 3:35
  3. "Listen Little Girl" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 4:41
  4. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 2:38
  5. "I Know Why" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 3:57
  6. "Shadrack" (Robert MacGimsey) – 3:31
  7. "Crazy He Calls Me" (Carl Sigman, Bob Russell) – 4:29
  8. "Nobody Else but Me" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:55
  9. "Nobody's Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:32
  10. "All I Do Is Dream of You" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 2:06
  11. "Who Am I" (Leonard Bernstein) – 4:19
  12. "Till the Clouds Roll By/Look for the Silver Lining" (Kern, P. G. Wodehouse/Kern, Buddy DeSylva) – 3:30

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Contemporary Records Catalog: 3500/7500 series". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1184. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.