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Released
  
1980

Artist
  
Shorty Rogers

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
46:07

Release date
  
1980

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Recorded
  
March 1, October 21 and November 3, 1955

Studio
  
Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA

Martians Stay Home (1955)
  
Martians Come Back! (1955)

Similar
  
Martians Come Back!, Way Up There, The Swinging Mr Rogers, Wherever the Five Winds Bl, The Wizard of Oz and Other Har

Martians Stay Home is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, featuring previously unreleased recordings from the 1955 sessions which produced The Swinging Mr. Rogers and Martians Come Back!, and first released on the Atlantic label in 1980.

Contents

Reception

Michael G. Nastos on Allmusic wrote: "These are nice groups with Rogers's sensitive trumpet leading in a non-threatening, mainstream groove."

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Loaded" (Bernie Miller) - 6:40
  2. "Martians Stay Home" - 6:33
  3. "The Lady in Red" (Allie Wrubel, Mort Dixon) - 6:01
  4. "Amber Leaves" - 4:13
  5. "Bill" - 3:04
  6. "Barbaro" - 4:35
  7. "Peals" - 5:09
  8. "12th Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman, Andy Razaf) - 4:46
  9. "Easy" - 4:24
  • Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 1, 1955 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), October 21, 1955 (track 6) and November 3, 1955 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)

    • Personnel

  • Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Pete Jolly (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), Lou Levy (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 9) - piano
  • Curtis Counce (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), Ralph Pena (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 9) - bass
  • Shelly Manne - drums

    • References

    Martians Stay Home Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA