In the late 1950s, Shelly Manne and Andre Previn were as familiar a pairing in the realm of the theatrical musical as Rodgers and Hammerstein or Lerner and Loewe. Working under the names Shelly Manne & His Friends (as here) or Andre Previn and his Pals, they pioneered one of the first successful concepts of the long-playing album era, the jazz version of a Broadway show. This 1958 set was their fifth Broadway effort, and was rounded out by the great bassist Red Mitchell, who worked with t… MORE