Collaboration (Shorty Rogers and André Previn album)

Collaboration
Collaboration
Studio album by Shorty Rogers and André Previn
Released	1955
Recorded	March 30, June 14 and September 14, 1954
Studio	RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:54
Label	RCA Victor; LJM 1018
Shorty Rogers chronology
André Previn chronology

Collaboration is an album by American jazz trumpeter Shorty Rogers and German pianist André Previn released by RCA Victor in 1955.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic noted "Shorty Rogers and Andre Previn split the arranging chores in a somewhat competitive fashion. Rogers arranges a standard and then that is followed by a Previn original based on the same chord structure. This procedure is followed until the halfway point of the date when they reverse roles. ...the result is a dead heat with some fine swinging solos".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by André Previn except where noted.

"It's De-Lovely" (Cole Porter) - 2:28
"Porterhouse" - 2:47
"Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 2:38
"40 Degrees Below" - 2:42
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:27
"Claudia" - 3:25
"You Do Something to Me" (Porter) - 3:07
"Call for Cole" (Shorty Rogers) - 2:18
"Everything I've Got (Belongs to You)" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:37
"Some Antics" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:23
"It Only Happens When I Dance with You" (Berlin) - 3:02
"General Cluster" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:00

Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 30, 1954 (tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11), June 14, 1954 (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12) and September 14, 1954 (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)

Personnel

Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
André Previn - piano, arranger
Milt Bernhart - trombone
Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute
Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Giuffre - baritone saxophone
Al Hendrickson (tracks 3-6 & 9-12), Jack Marshall (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8) - guitar
Curtis Counce (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12), Joe Mondragon (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-9 & 11) - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

References

^ Discogs album entry accessed March 22, 2016
^ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Collaboration – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

[1] Discogs album entry accessed March 22, 2016

[2] Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, Scott. Collaboration – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54) Cool and Crazy (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55) Collaboration (1954) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Martians Come Back! (1955) Martians Stay Home (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955) Way Up There (1955) Portrait of Shorty (1957) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957) Afro-Cuban Influence (1958) Chances Are It Swings (1958) Gigi in Jazz (1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960) An Invisible Orchard (1961) The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961) Bossa Nova (1962) Jazz Waltz (1962) Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962) Gospel Mission (1963) Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963) California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985)
With Stan Kenton	Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53) The Kenton Era (1950–51) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
With Pete Rugolo	Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954) Adventures in Rhythm (1954) Rugolomania (1954–55) New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
Sideman with others	Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53) Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55) Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55) The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)
Soundtracks	The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959) Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965) Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966) Heart Beat (1979)
Arranger	Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966) Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967) Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966) Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963) In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963) Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965) The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962) Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967) The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68) The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968) Big Swing Face, 1967) Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969) A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967) Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962)
Arranger for The Monkees	The Monkees Present (1966–69) "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967) "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968) The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1967–68)