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Released
  
1957

Artist
  
Shorty Rogers

Label
  
RCA Records

Length
  
42:39

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
January 30, February 1 & 4 and April 3, 1957Los Angeles, CA

Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers(1957)
  
Portrait of Shorty(1957)

Similar
  
Shorty Rogers albums, Jazz albums

Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing songs composed by Richard Rogers which was released on the RCA Victor label in 1957.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart.

  1. "I've Got Five Dollars" - 3:44
  2. "Ten Cents a Dance" - 5:17
  3. "Mountain Greenery" - 6:13
  4. "A Ship Without a Sail" - 3:28
  5. "Mimi" - 3:11
  6. "It's Got to Be Love" - 3:58
  7. "I Could Write a Book" - 4:17
  8. "The Girl Friend" - 3:49
  9. "On a Desert Island with Thee" - 5:23
  10. "Thou Swell" - 3:19
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on January 30, 1957 (tracks 3 & 9), February 1, 1957 (tracks 1 & 7), February 4, 1957 (tracks 4, 8 & 10) and April 3, 1957 (tracks 2, 5 & 6)

    • Personnel

  • Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
  • Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Harry Edison (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Maynard Ferguson (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Al Porcino (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9) - trumpet
  • Milt Bernhardt (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Bob Burgess (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), John Halliburton (tracks 3 & 9), George Roberts (tracks 1 & 7), Frank Rosolino (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9) - trombone
  • Sam Rice - tuba (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9)
  • Herb Geller - alto saxophone
  • Bill Holman, Jack Montrose (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Bill Perkins (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9) - tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-10), Jimmy Giuffre (tracks 2, 5 & 6) - baritone saxophone
  • Pete Jolly - piano
  • Red Mitchell - bass
  • Stan Levey - drums

    • References

    Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers Wikipedia
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