Released 1958 Portrait of Shorty(1957) St. Louis Blues(1958) Release date 1958 | Length 41:07 Label Hallmark Records | |
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Recorded July 15 and August 11, 1957Los Angeles, CA Similar Way Up There, Shorty Rogers Courts th, The Wizard of Oz and Other Har, Martians Come Back!, Chances Are It Swings | ||
Portrait of Shorty is an album by American jazz trumpeter composer and arranger Shorty Rogers which was released on the RCA Victor label in 1958.
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Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. On All About Jazz Jack Bowers stated "there’s plenty of cleverly contoured music to appreciate. And it must be said that no other trumpeter ever sounded exactly like Shorty, who had a lively and swinging language all his own. His voicings for the trumpet section were similarly unexampled, and made any Rogers arrangement almost immediately identifiable. ...everything works, thanks to Shorty’s remarkable charts and the uncanny ability of his colleagues to speak volumes in only a few phrases".
Track listing
All compositions by Shorty Rogers.
- "Saturnian Sleigh Ride" - 3:48
- "Martians Lullaby" - 7:13
- "The Line Backer" - 4:11
- "Grand Slam" - 4:57
- "Play! Boy" - 5:43
- "A Geophysical Ear" - 3:46
- "Red Dog Play" - 4:49
- "Bluezies" - 6:40
Personnel
Songs
1Saturnian Sleigh Ride3:41
2Martians' Lullaby6:37
3The Line Backer4:06