Jazz Scene USA 1962 Shelly Manne | Conte Candoli, Ritchie Kamuca, Russ Freeman, Monty Budwig 

That's my swingin' Dad, Russ Freeman, making magic on the ivories! He and Shelly Manne were best friends and musical collaborators up until Shelly's untimely, sudden death. As a child, I spent many happy afternoons playing with the animals at Shelly and Flip Manne's ranch in the Valley. These witty, talented, and wonderful men may be gone, but their music will live forever!

Who remembers Richi Kamuca any more? Yet he was so lyrical. His sound, so wonderful. The whole group, led on by Shelly, is great. Thank you so much for posting.

More than a drummer: a superb musician and leader... One of the best quintets ever...

I always say Shelly is my favourite drummer. Does anyone agree?

I WISH I WAS BACK IN THAT ERA OF TIME!

I just love Shelly and his Men,and the whole West Coast jazz thing.

I use to love going to shelly's in the sixties. It was my go to place. Use go by myself (did'nt know anyone who liked jazz) Was always a friendly place with rudy onderwyzer greeting you at the the door. Saw miles, monk, ornette,gary burton, konitz, don ellis, paul horn, bill evans and others. Wonderful memories! Thanks for posting!

Superb. . . to think this caliber of music was aired on commercial television!

In my opinion Richie Kamuca was one of the greats of jazz tenor saxophone. Maybe not a player who pushed the boundaries but if you are looking for beauty of tone, sublime lyricism, to be moved by someone's playing, then check him out. His final album 'Richie' with Mundell Lowe, Nick Ceroli and Monty Budwig is one of my all time favourite jazz albums. A gem. Roly Veitch

all these guys played at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach at one or time another. great "west coast jazz". i'm 88 and have oa few records of these great jazz men.

these guys are killing it. man what a sound russ freeman has.

I have watched this a million times and Shelly and the whole band is swinging! Conte Condoli is on total fire!!!

Wow, great jazz on over the air free tv. Fantastic. Long shots letting the viewer see what is happening. It was quite a different world wasn't it.

This series served as a hallmark of jazz musicians that was produced by Steve Allen as a weekly syndicated program. I do remember seeing this specific show sometime around 1963. Thank you for sharing and bringing back some fond memories of a time when television presented real musical enjoyment . I should also mention that is a treat to see Conte Candoli in his days before he became a member of the Tonight Show band which contained many top jazz performers.

Oscar Brown Jr. is the coolest man ever hosted a TV show!

and thir like we shall never see nor hear ever again..this WAS the quintessential era for jazz in my opinion

Have to make another comment...shelly's music and his group sound just as contemporary and up to date almost 60 years later.!!!

Solid jazz on display here.

Ever since I found a copy of "Shelly Manne and his Men at the Black Hawk volume 3" in with a pile of other jazz albums, I was hooked. I now have the 5 CD set of Black Hawk, and would say that these location recordings from 1959 are firmly in my Desert Island must-haves. Today was the first time I ever saw a video of Shelley and His Men at work. It's still fresh and always will be.

This is just beautiful.

THIS video is Priceless.

the great conte candoli years before he was in the doc severinsen band on the tonight show...

This band was such a tight outfit... I love these guys. Richie Kamuca's been gone for so long now... Fantastic to see them all together! Their version of Speak Low is a killer!

West Coast Jazz doesn‘t suffer from anaemia, as some critics try to tell us.

Marvelous trip down memory lane! Sad to say they are gone now, and happy to know they are very much with us here. Old friends ,each and every one, and truly lovely men! Thanks for the show, a perfect sound and so very much missed at every turn. I'm living in jazz Siberia here in Georgia!

Monty Budwig's groove/melodic sense is SO DEEP!

Ahh... Nice to hear this music again. Thanks for posting it!

You don't have to be a jazz aficionado. Everything about this oozes class ... the performances, the individual and combined artistry on show, the presentation, the format, the black and white camera work and direction which is an artwork in itself and the music which is strangely timeless.

Looks and sounds like some gut strings on Monty's bass.

Whoa! Style, chops, and lotsa class.

Priceless....

Grew up with this music and love these guys. Timeless!

Russ Freeman FANTAN

beautiful song.

This Group was tight and on the mark! This show was awesome and this episode was one of the best. Amazing photography and sound. Everyone wanted to be Buddy Rich, I wanted to be Shelly Manne.

Tasty!..... LA West Coast Jazz in that LA era when Jazz Dives were plentiful in LA, Hollywood & The SFV & LA's Southbay & beyond...

Russ Freeman beautiful piano especially on The Isolated Pawn

Very under-control and finely balanced playing.

I just love those really classic Jazz sounds and they play so tight.

Thankyou Shelly and friends, as the man said gone but no forgotten, cool guys and cool music, thanks RU-vid.

Gosh, they 're great!

I remember shellys Leedy drums orange if I remember still dig it

smoked a joint got my cat on my lap and drinking pabst and watching this

THIS IS AWESOME 👏 SALUTE TO ALL THESE GREAT 👍🏻 JAZZ MUSICIANS 🎵 🎼 🎶

This WAS an amazing period for listening to and playing Modern Jazz.This video of Shelly Manne and His Men,it brings back good and the happiest of memories.John,Paddy,Ginger,Shirley,and daughter Penny.

love it!!

For anyone who loves this great recording, Live at The Blackhawk features some great work by Shelly's quintet.

The more I listen, the more I like it.

Shelly Manne was one of the greatest drummers of all time. Check him out doing "Fever" playing with his hands-way before John Bonham did it. Gee, guess where it came from? Him.

Wonderful thank you. First track from the 1961 recording "Checkmate", the jazz combo version of the signature track. It was originally composed for the TV serial with the same title. Manne and his friends recorded the orchestral soundtrack from the composition of pianist John Williams

1962...then the Beatles came and ruined the market for this marvellous music. Still that's progress...isn't it? It's fantastic we have this recording.Many thanks for posting it.

GOOD.....GOOD.......GOOD !!

That's the way it all ought to be. Something weird : mr. Manne looks in a motorical, but also in a physionomical way a lot like Han Bennink, our own National Drum Kid, down here in Holland.

Extraodinaria dosis nueva de talentos...muy estimulante para seguir tocando jazz..Graaciass desde Cochabamba Bolivia

Brill...really enjoyed it ...thank you !!

The West Coast did "BOP" too. Not "cool" or "hot", but straight ahead.

smooth and brilliant performance, all locked in

That group I heard as an exchange student in the San Fernando Valley. I was brought along by my class mate Johnny Ricca, whose dad was a jazz fan and probably knew the guys in the band

some years and years ago i ended up seeing this in vhs form (which this prob came from) but im glad someone posted this bc my copy was wasted due to overplaying and it broke 3 x spliced it 3x but then it just got eaten..i hit goodwill all of the time but of course this has never shown up and ill be damned why this hasnt been released on a dvd maybe along w some other rarity maybe something from the pearl baily show of i think 53 or 4 if you go to any other country youll prob find stuff like this..i think the usa ignores jazz (its only true contribution to music" and it seems only a small handful of us who know better even get it..know why? bc the music progs in schools if there even is one some schools dont!! so these days the kids arent ever expossed to it i was lucky not that my school had even a passable music prog but i worked at a college radio station as a young teen in a work study and they had a few jazz shows (that was back in 77 78) so i got my education by listening to those shows it always bugged me the amount of money these so called schools dole out on assholic sports programs and music isnt even a consideration at some of these so called schools..its a sick sick shame so dont blame kids for listening to shit..blame their enviroment and schools im fairly sure the schools have ignored music and esp jazz for close to 3 gens now so even the kids parent of today have no idea of what jazz is..but even back in the very early 60's when THIS was recorded you can tell this was a public tv late night show wayy far from prime time so this bs isnt new its just worse...

All these Tasty LA studio musicians performed at my favorite LA Jazz haunts for years & were part of the LA Tonight Showbands Incl. Steve Allens KTLA Ch 5 LA Late Night Show Band & Carson's etc... & Yes! their music will last forever...... 'Globally!

Superb.

Fantastic!!!

the King swings

West coast cats playing east coast hard bop. Nice!

What a fine band! Everyone is soo good !

I love these shows! I'm a big Shelly Manne fan. Conti Condoli isn't a big name but he was a great trumpet player.

Great set, excellent video and sound for 1962 TV! My first look, I think, at Russ Freeman, who made so many great records and arrangements for Chet, and Richie Kamuca, long one of my favorite players. I got to hear Shelly, Monte, and Conte when they played Chicago clubs, where I spent most of my life.

Great

Very good sound quality, especially considering that it was done in 1962.

This is absolutely amazing. And that album that Shelly had just released (LIve At The Manne Hole) is a total banger.

Grandes referentes del Jazz de la costa oeste!

Host/MC here was a fine singer/performer in his own right - Oscar Brown, Jr. had a hilarious spoken/sung tune called But I Was Cool (something like that) - check that one out if you need a laugh.

Also.... the best band name in history

Yes...

The isolated pawn

Don't know how those drummers did it wearing suits. Lotta sweating.

THIS IS JAZZ

Awesome! I first became aware of these guys after a radio 4 prog on jazz drummers. They played a track where Shelly spins a coin on the drum in the middle of his solo. I have been hooked ever since! Anyone know what that tune is or if it is online?

Why was there no credit for sound, which was excellent, light years ahead of almost everything happening US television in 1962! Sinful!

Yeah, well, the entire West Coast scene sadly is little more than a footnote in jazz history. What a shame these excellent musicians and improvisors aren't appreciated.

Quite new to have a black TV host then.

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