Shelly Manne: 'Checkmate,' 1961
Probably the finest jazz interpretation of an early-'60s TV crime series
In response to NBC’s initial success with the dashing Peter Gunn detective series from 1958 to 1960, CBS launched Mr. Lucky (1959-1960). Both were created by Blake Edwards, with music by Henry Mancini. The cool, urbane vibe of those series all but ended the country’s galloping appetite for Westerns. [Publicity photo still of Shelly Manne]
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