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Son of Gunn!!

Son of Gunn!!
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Studio album by Shelly Manne & His Men
Released 1959
Recorded January 19 & 20, 1959
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length 41:42
Label Contemporary M3566/S7566
Producer Lester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn
(1959)
Son of Gunn!!
(1959)
At the Black Hawk 1
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars

Son of Gunn!! (subtitled Shelly Manne & His Men Play More Music from Peter Gunn) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, the second featuring compositions from Henry Mancini's score from the TV show Peter Gunn, which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "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.' ... In retrospect, this isn't a horrible set, just one that should have focused less on concept and more on vision".

All compositions by Henry Mancini


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