In the early days of stereo, there were quite a few demonstration and sound effects records released that were designed to show consumers the wide variety of sounds that could be accurately captured on record. Most of those releases are quite dispensable and that includes this duet set by guitarist
Jack Marshall
and drummer
Shelly Manne
. On a dozen standards,
Marshall
's playing serves as interludes between the percussion displays of Manne; the liners give a full description of every device he hits. The music is fairly routine even if the sound is excellent for the period. It is of little surprise that this set has not been reissued yet on CD. ~ Scott Yanow