The Blues and the Beat is an album by Henry Mancini that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance in 1961.

Track listing

Personnel

Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, Karl De Karske – trombone

Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, Graham Young, Pete Candoli – trumpet

George Price, Herman Lebow, John Graas, Richard Perissi, Sinclair Lott, Vincent DeRosa – French horn Gene Cipriano, Harry Klee, Ronnie Lang, Ted Nash, Wilbur Schwartz – woodwinds Larry Bunker – vibraphone Victor Feldman – vibraphone, marimba Johnny Williams – piano Roland Bundock – bass Bob Bain – guitar Jack Sperling – drums

The Blues and the Beat

Production

Dick Peirce – producer

Al Schmitt – engineer

Henry Mancini – liner notes

References

1960 albums

Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Henry Mancini albums

Big band albums

RCA Records albums

The Blues and the Beat