Manny Albam

About the artist

Manny Albam (1922 - 2001) was a jazz arranger, in his early career he also played baritone saxophone. He was born in the Dominican Republic, but grew up in New York City. His parents were Russian immigrants and he was born in the Dominican Republic as they were in route to the US. He became interested in jazz on hearing Bix Beiderbecke and at sixteen dropped out of school to play for Muggsy Spanier. He began doing musical arrangement with Georgie Auld

Top songs

  1. Paris Blues
  2. Afterthoughts
  3. All Too Soon
  4. Anything Goes
  5. Headstrong
  6. Ferris Wheel
  7. Black Bottom
  8. The Turning Point
  9. My Sweetie Went Away
  10. Bad, Bad Simba
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  1. Fresh Flute
  2. Urbanity
  3. America / I Feel Pretty / One Hand, One Heart
  4. South Dakota
  5. Swingin' On A Star
  6. After You've Gone
  7. April in Paris - 1996 Remastered
  8. Thruway
  9. The Changing Scene
  10. Royal Garden Blues
  11. Something's Coming
  12. Intermezzo
  13. Lemon Twist
  14. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
  15. Blues Company
  16. Diga Diga Doo
  17. Charmaine
  18. On A Mist
  19. The Nether Regions
  20. Night Crawlers
  21. Dancers On Drums
  22. Tonight
  23. My Heart Stood Still
  24. In A Mist
  25. They All Laughed
  26. Chants Of The Witch Doctors
  27. Jive At Five
  28. El Barrio Latino
  29. Carioca
  30. Tin Roof Blues
  31. Strike Up The Band
  32. Bristling
  33. My Old Flame
  34. I Get A Kick Out Of You
  35. Dot's Right
  36. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
  37. Blues From Neither Coast
  38. Interwoven
  39. Exodus
  40. Poor Dr. Millmoss
  41. Latined Fracture
  42. Cymbalisms
  43. La Dolce Vita
  44. Minor Matters
  45. Nigerian Knights
  46. Jada
  47. Skinning The Valves
  48. El Cid
  49. Green Leaves of Summer
  50. Majority of One
  51. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
  52. See Here, Miss Bromley
  53. Slowly
  54. The Octopus
  55. There She Goes
  56. Cool
  57. Hebe, The Cups Please!
  58. It's De-Lovely
  59. Born On Arrival
  60. It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane
  61. Thunder Burt
  62. Tired Faces Going Places
  63. Second Movement: Bristling
  64. Lullaby Of Broadway
  65. A View From The Inside
  66. Museum Pieces
  67. How Long Has This Been Going On
  68. High noon
  69. Just One Of Those Things
  70. You Stepped Out of a Dream
  71. Sixth Movement: The Octopus
  72. First Movement: Dancers on Drums
  73. Fifth Movement: Cymbalisms
  74. I Guess I Never Had A Chance
  75. The Game Of The Year
  76. Riverview
  77. Ida Bridges Falling Down
  78. The Flat Cap
  79. Guns of Navarone
  80. Zanzy
  81. My Funny Valentine
  82. A View From The Outside
  83. Third Movement: Chant of the Witch Doctor
  84. The Blues Is Everybody's Business Prt-1
  85. Monday
  86. Dream
  87. The Children's Corner
  88. Close Cover Before Striking
  89. The Blues Is Everybody's Business Prt-2
  90. Minir Matters

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