Shorty Rogers and His Giants
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Shorty Rogers and His Giants is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers originally released by RCA Victor in 1953 as a 10-inch LP and reissued in 1956 in the 12 inch format with four additional tracks.[1][2][3]
Reception
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Allmusic | [4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
- "Morpo" - 3:27
- "Bunny" - 3:25
- "Powder Puff" - 2:49
- "Mambo del Crow" - 3:02
- "Joycycle" - 2:39 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:17 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
- "The Pesky Serpent" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 2:38
- "Diablo's Dance" - 3:17
- "Pirouette" - 3:10
- "Indian Club" (Giuffre) - 2:35
- "The Goof and I" (Al Cohn) - 2:53 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
- "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) - 2:46 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
- Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA on January 12, 1953 (tracks 2, 3, 7 & 9), January 15, 1953 (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 10) and October 10, 1954 (tracks 5, 6, 11 & 12)
Personnel
- Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
- Milt Bernhart - trombone (tracks 1-4 & 7-10)
- John Graas - French horn (tracks 1-4 & 7-10)
- Gene Englund - tuba (tracks 1-4 & 7-10)
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone (tracks 1-4 & 7-10)
- Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone
- Hampton Hawes (tracks 1-4 & 7-10), Pete Jolly (tracks 5, 6, 11 & 12) - piano
- Curtis Counce (tracks 1-4 & 7-10), Joe Mondragon (tracks 5, 6, 11 & 12) - bass
- Shelly Manne - drums
References
- ^ Art Pepper discography accessed March 22, 2016
- ^ 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 Shorty Rogers and His Giants – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.