''Uniquely Mancini: The Big Band Sound of Henry Mancini'' is an album by
Henry Mancini and His Orchestra. It was released in 1963 on
RCA Victor
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(catalog no. LSP-2692).
It entered ''
Billboard
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'' magazine's pop album chart on July 6, 1963, peaked at No. 5, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks.
gave the album a rating of three-and-a-half stars.
Track listing
Side A
# "
Green Onions" (
Booker T. Jones,
Steve Cropper
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,
Al Jackson Jr.,
Lewie Steinberg)
# "Stairway to the Stars" (
Mitchell Parish,
Matty Malneck,
Frank Signorelli)
# "Night Train" (
Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest)
# "Lullaby of Birdland" (
George Shearing, B.Y. Forster)
# "Chelsea Bridge" (
Billy Strayhorn
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)
# "C Jam Blues" (
Duke Ellington
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)
Side B
# "Banzai Pipeline" (Henry Mancini)
# "
Rhapsody in Blue" (
George Gershwin)
# "Cheers!" (Henry Mancini)
# "Lonesome" (Henry Mancini)
# "
The Hot Canary" (Paul Nero)
# "
Moonlight Serenade
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" (
Mitchell Parish,
Glenn Miller
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)
Personnel
*Conrad Gozzo (lead), Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, Pete Candoli (soloist), Conte Candoli (soloist), Don Fagerquist (flugelhorn soloist) - trumpet
*Dick Nash (soloist), Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, George Roberts (bass trombone) - trombone
*
Vincent DeRosa (soloist), Richard Perissi, John Cave, Art Maebe - French horn
*Ted Nash (alto saxophone and alto flute solo), Ronny Lang (alto flute soloist), Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano,
Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone soloist) - woodwind
*Jack Sperling - drums
*Rolly Bundock - bass
*Bob Bain - guitar
*Jimmy Rowles - piano
*
Larry Bunker - vibraphone, marimba
*Bobby Helfer - orchestra manager
References
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Henry Mancini albums
1963 albums
RCA Victor albums