Shorty Rogers and His Giants
1953 studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
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Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
Released | 1953 | |||
Recorded | January 12 & 15, 1953 and October 10, 1954 | |||
Studio | RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 35:46 | |||
Label | RCA Victor LPM 3137/LPM 1195 | |||
Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
Shorty Rogers chronology | ||||
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10 inch LP cover | ||||
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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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
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.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
- t
- e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
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)
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)
Pete
Rugolo
- Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954)
- Adventures in Rhythm (1954)
- Rugolomania (1954–55)
- New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
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)
- 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)
- 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)
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)