Released 1957 Release date 1957 Label Hallmark Records | ||
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Recorded March 3, October 26, and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955Los Angeles, CA Similar Martians Come Back!, The Swinging Mr Rogers, Wherever the Five Winds Bl, Shorty Rogers Courts th, The Fourth Dimension in Sound |
Shorty rogers blues way up there
Way Up There is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1957.
Contents
Reception
Jim Todd on Allmusic calls the album "a good overview of Rogers' work in the company of a who's who of West Coast jazz, playing arrangements for trumpet section and rhythm, quintet, and brass and winds with rhythm."
Track listing
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
- "Blues Way Up There" - 5:21
- "Moten Swing" (Benny Moten, Buster Moten) - 5:59
- "Blues Way Down There" - 4:15
- "Solarization" - 4:26
- "Pixieland" - 4:26
- "Wail of Two Cities" - 5:46
- "Baklava Bridge" - 5:27
- "March of the Martians" - 4:33
Personnel
Songs
1Blues Way Up There5:22
2Moten Swing6:04
3Blues Way Down There4:17
References
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