Shelly Manne & His Friends - Li'l Abner (1957) CD Rip

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Title: Li'l Abner
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: OJC [OJCCD-1087-2]
Genre: Jazz, Cool, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 41:38
Total Size: 254 MB(+3%) | 98 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Jublilation T. Cornpone (3:14)
02. The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands (4:39)
03. If I Had My Druthers (2:47)
04. Unneccessary Town (5:04)
05. Matrimonial Stomp (4:36)
06. Progress Is The Root Of All Evil (3:35)
07. Oh, Happy Day (4:29)
08. Namely You (5:49)
09. Past My Prime (7:25)
Shelly Manne & His Friends - Li'l Abner (1957) CD Rip

personnel :

Shelly Manne - drums
Andre Previn - piano
Leroy Vinnegar - bass

In a follow-up to their hit recording of music from My Fair Lady, Shelly Manne and his Friends (a trio with pianist André Previn, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and the drummer/leader) recorded nine songs from the play Li'l Abner. Although Johnny Mercer and Gene DePaul wrote the score, none of the songs caught on except for the ballad "Namely You," and this LP (whose music has not been reissued yet on CD) was not a best-seller. The musicians are in fine form but the melodies are not too memorable (when was the last time anyone played "If I Had My Druthers" or "Progress Is the Root of All Evil"?). Actually the main reason to search for this album is for the hilarious photo on the cover.~Scott Yanow