fommes 153 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 This edition presents Shelly Manne's complete classic album Checkmate (Contemporary Records S7599), featuring the great quintet with Richie Kamuca on tenor sax, Conte Candoli on trumpet, Russ Freeman on piano, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and the leader on drums. On the LP, Manne plays music by John Williams from the soundtrack of the now forgotten “Checkmate” television series. As a bonus, a complete session taped by the exact same band for the radio show “The Navy Swings!” during the same period. Included on the latter program are various standard tunes, plus an alternate version of “The King Swings” from Checkmate.http://www.jazzmessengers.com/es/64859/shelly-manne/and-his-men-checkmate-14-bonus-tracksApparently, a reissue has been released of the Shelly Manne Checkmate CD with additional bonus tracks. It's fairly cheap on the European Amazons too. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Interesting, I have to check this out mate! fommes and BB-8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,262 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Cool. Manne also recorded a couple of those "Checkmate" pieces for a television show and it's available on DVD. fommes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Added this 1962 album to the JW Discography Wiki page, because I think this album is worth to mention, thanks!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams_discography#Selective_discography_of_his_works_recorded_by_other_artists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 This is awesome!! Checkmate is one of my favorite JW albums, so I'll definitely be getting this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 This is available on iTunes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,476 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Did you know that there are videos on Youtube of Manne performing the CHECKMATE pieces? I just found out myself (maybe I'm late to the party). Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 @Nick Parkerbait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,262 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Thor said: Did you know that there are videos on Youtube of Manne performing the CHECKMATE pieces? I just found out myself (maybe I'm late to the party). Those are likely to be the ones included on the DVD I mentioned earlier on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,476 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Just now, Miguel Andrade said: Those are likely to be the ones included on the DVD I mentioned earlier on this thread. Yes, likely. Although hopefully in better quality. The Youtube clips seem to be recorded from the TV or some other source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,262 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 21 hours ago, Thor said: Yes, likely. Although hopefully in better quality. The Youtube clips seem to be recorded from the TV or some other source. Will try to check the DVD, but the first youtube video would hardly be any better, being a 480p video. The later one is in full HD, maybe a new transfer -- or just an upscalling from the DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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