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Plays Checkmate

By Shelly Manne

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Checkmate 2. The Isolated Pawn 3. Cyanide Touch 4. The King Swings 5. En Passant 6. Fireside Eyes 6. The Black Knight.

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Shelley Manne: Plays Checkmate

Read "Plays Checkmate" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
December 18, 2002

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