{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Swinging Sounds | type = Album | artist = [[Shelly Manne]] & His Men | cover = Swinging Sounds.jpg | alt = | released = 1956 | recorded = January 19 & 26 and February 2, 1956 | studio = Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California | venue = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 40:32 | label = [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]]<small> C3516</small> | producer = [[Lester Koenig]] | chronology = [[Shelly Manne]] | prev_title = [[The West Coast Sound]] | prev_year = 1954-55 | next_title = [[Shelly Manne & His Friends]] | next_year = 1956 }}
'''''Swinging Sounds''''' is a jazz album by drummer [[Shelly Manne]]'s group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded in 1956 and released on the [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]] label.<ref name="Contemporary Records discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3500-7500-series/#c-3516 Contemporary Records discography] accessed May 18, 2015</ref> Early releases of the album were labelled '''''Vol 4''''', indicating it was the fourth volume of recordings released by the group.
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''[[AllMusic]]'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic"/> | rev2 = ''[[Disc (magazine)|Disc]]'' | rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Is this really swinging? |last=Hall |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Hall (music executive) |magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc]] |date=22 February 1958 |issue=3 |page=18}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=935}}</ref> }} In an [[AllMusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]], it is stated: "This early edition of Shelly Manne & His Men is a well-integrated unit".<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000263699 |title=''Swinging Sounds'' – Review |accessdate=May 18, 2015}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "The Dart Game" (Charlie Mariano) - 3:09 # "Bea's Flat" (Russ Freeman) - 4:38 # "Pathenia" (Shelly Manne) - 4:41 # "[[Un Poco Loco]]" ([[Bud Powell]]) - 9:01 # "[[Bernie's Tune]]" ([[Bernie Miller]]) - 4:27 # "[[Doxy (song)|Doxy]]" ([[Sonny Rollins]]) - 6:41 # "Slan" (Mariano) - 4:51 # "A Gem from Tiffany" ([[Bill Holman (musician)|Bill Holman]]) - 3:04
==Personnel== ;Shelly Manne & His Men *Shelly Manne - [[drum kit|drums]] *[[Stu Williamson]] - [[trumpet]], [[valve trombone]] *[[Charlie Mariano]] - [[alto saxophone]] *[[Russ Freeman (pianist)|Russ Freeman]] - [[piano]] *[[Leroy Vinnegar]] - [[double bass|bass]]
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