![]() Despite the great amount of vinyl allocated to the project, fewer than a dozen full selections were featured on the four albums, most of the numbers running over ten minutes each. ![]() Nor was the choice of issuing four full albums of live material the sole unusual feature of this Manne release. The Blackhawk would be gone 4 years after these sides were made. The jazz club business was always tough, and with the growing popularity of rock 'n roll, it was getting tougher. If the club owner wasn't making it, was losing money, Shelly would make sure the guys were paid and simply let it go at that. There were times when the most popular drummer in the country played for nothing. For Shelly, who loved to play, it was the four or five-hour club scene that allowed the interaction of the crowd, even if you didn't make as much bread. Some of the jazz players preferred the concert scene because you made more money in less time. In the concert situation, you play your three or four tunes, maybe a short set, and then you get out of the next group's way. It was in the intimate jazz room that jazz could breathe, expand - where soloists had time to build and create. Shelly freely stated on more than one occasion that he preferred playing clubs. As the jazz "festivals" became more and more popular (and successful).
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