“I would just say, whether you play drums or not, his era – when he was on top, with his bands – was such a great era. His sound, and his playing, and the music that he was involved with were all very accessible. Even though he was a bebop drummer and he played with bebop musicians, it was still very melodic. We all kind of went off with ‘Trane. When Coltrane hit – that’s another whole long story – it changed everything. We were never the same again after that. But the era of that West Coast cool jazz is still deep in my heart. That’s what people should get reacquainted with. Shelly Manne was one of the heads of that. He was one of the guys who helped create the West Coast school of cool jazz.”
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