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

Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
Live album by Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men
Released	1961
Recorded	March 3, 4 & 5, 1961 Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:20
Label	Contemporary M 3590/S7590
Producer	Lester 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)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Ruth Price – vocals
• Shelly Manne – drums
• Conte Candoli – trumpet
• Richie Kamuca – tenor saxophone
• Russ Freeman – piano
• Chuck Berghofer – bass

References

1. "Contemporary Records Catalog: 3500/7500 series". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
2. 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.