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Shelly Manne

The highly respected jazz drummer Shelly Manne played with some of the top jazz ensembles of his era and his services were frequently in demand by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Woody Herman and Stan Kenton. He was born in 1920 and by the time he was in his early thirties the New York jazz drummer had earned enough to buy a ranch on the outskirts of Los Angeles, raising horses with his wife and ex-Roxette Florence Butterfield. During his time on the west coast Manne became strongly associated with the so-called 'west coast school of jazz', performing with artist...