I forget where I got this record from, but I have probably had it for around 3 years & have listened to it about 3 times (two of those times were in preparation for this review). I do know that it was one of the records I "discovered" in my shelves when I had to move house a couple of years ago & realised I had bought it then filed it without listening to it.
Everybody knows of Shelly Manne but seemingly less people know of Jack Marshall & this record is a pretty zany offering compared to what these two guys usually present on record. Basically it is just Marshall on fingerstyle acoustic guitar & Manne on all measure of percussion instruments except for the drum kit. It actually works amazingly nicely & is a pretty enjoyable listen all the way through. They tackle tracks that are either brasilian, spanish or standards & present a novel take on them through the interesting use of percussion & quality guitar work.
The only other time I've seen this record is when someone posted it in their Soul Strut weekend finds a couple years ago & attested to it's niceity. Definitely a weird thing though from these two artists & Capitol Records.
Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne – Lawrence Of Arabia.mp3
Filed under: Jazz, Lounge / Exotica
wot – no track?
as a general comment – this is a great site. i’ve always loved this music and try to track down tunes by sabu martinez, bobby montez, fats sadi, jack arel and georges garvarentz amongst others – relative giants compared to some of these cats! keep up the fine work, gents!
Jack Marshall wrote the Munsters theme tune too. If you haven’t heard the full version then go and hunt it down. It has an organ solo to die for.