My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album)

My Fair Lady
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedAugust 17, 1956
StudioContemporary Records (Los Angeles)
GenreJazz
Length35:56
LabelContemporary Records
C 3527
ProducerLester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
More Swinging Sounds
(1956)
My Fair Lady
(1956)
Li'l Abner
(1957)
André Previn chronology
Collaboration
(1955)
My Fair Lady
(1956)
Double Play!
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

My Fair Lady, recorded by "Shelly Manne & His Friends" and released in 1956 by Contemporary Records, is the first album ever made consisting entirely of jazz versions of tunes from a single Broadway musical.[4] It was an instant hit and became one of the best-selling jazz albums of its day.[5]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Gordon, p. 143. Gordon gives the year as 1957, but this is certainly an error. The album cover and other sources give it as 1956.
  5. ^ Gordon, pp. 142-43. See also Brand, p. 87.