My Son the Jazz Drummer! (subtitled Modern Jazz Versions of Jewish and Israeli Songs) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne performing jazz adaptations of traditional and contemporary Jewish music, recorded in 1962 and released on the Contemporary label. The album was re-released on CD in 2004 as Steps to the Desert.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The arrangements by Rogers, Feldman, Edwards and Lennie Niehaus turn the music into modern mainstream jazz circa 1962, looking toward hard bop and the funky soul jazz that was popular during the era. ... more successful than one might expect".

My Son the Jazz Drummer!

Track listing

"Hava Nagila" (Traditional) - 3:04

"Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs) - 4:10

"Yussel! Yussel!" (Nellie Cassman, Samuel Steinberg) - 3:47

"Zamar Nodad" (Traditional) - 3:43

"Bokrei Lachish" (Regev, Admon) - 5:33

"Tzena" (Issacher Miron) - 3:32

"Exodus" (Ernest Gold) - 4:35

"Di Grine Kuzine" (Abe Schwartz, Hyman Prizant) - 4:25

"My Yiddishe Momme" (Jack Yellen, Lew Pollack) - 3:39

"Orchah Bamidbar" (Zahavi, Karni) - 4:14

Personnel

Shelly Manne - drums

Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger

Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone, arranger

Victor Feldman - vibraphone, piano, arranger

Al Viola - guitar

Monty Budwig - bass

Lennie Niehaus - arranger

References

1963 albums

Contemporary Records albums

Shelly Manne albums

Albums arranged by Shorty Rogers

Jewish music albums

My Son the Jazz Drummer!