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Released
  
1953

Producer
  
Jack Lewis

Artist
  
Shorty Rogers

Label
  
Firefly Entertainment

Length
  
35:46

Shorty Rogers and His Giants(1953)
  
Cool and Crazy(1953)

Release date
  
1953

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
January 12 & 15, 1953 and October 10, 1954

Studio
  
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA

Similar
  
Shorty Rogers albums, Jazz albums

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Shorty Rogers and His Giants is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers originally released on the RCA Victor label in 1953 as a 10-inch LP and rereleased in 1956 in the 12 inch format with four additional tracks.

Contents

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Morpo" - 3:27
  2. "Bunny" - 3:25
  3. "Powder Puff" - 2:49
  4. "Mambo del Crow" - 3:02
  5. "Joycycle" - 2:39 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
  6. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:17 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
  7. "The Pesky Serpent" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 2:38
  8. "Diablo's Dance" - 3:17
  9. "Pirouette" - 3:10
  10. "Indian Club" (Giuffre) - 2:35
  11. "The Goof and I" (Al Cohn) - 2:53 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
  12. "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 Bernhardt - 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

    • Songs

    1Morpo3:32
    2Bunny3:31
    3Powder Puff2:55

    References

    Shorty Rogers and His Giants Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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