Shelly Manne – 2-3-4 (LP Vinyl)

Shelly Manne was among the most melodically inventive drummers in post-bop jazz, equally at home on the West Coast scene and in the studio with heavyweights across every era. Recorded in 1962 for Impulse, *2-3-4* strips the music down to its rhythmic core, pairing Manne with Coleman Hawkins, Hank Jones, and Eddie Safranski in configurations that let the percussion breathe as a lead voice rather than a timekeeper.