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Shorty Rogers and His Giants

1953 studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants

Shorty Rogers and His Giants is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers originally released by RCA Victor in 1953 as a 10-inch LP and reissued in 1956 in the 12 inch format with four additional tracks.[1][2][3]

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Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]

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

References

  1. [1]
    Art Pepper discography accessed March 22, 2016
  2. [2]
    Discogs album entry accessed March 22, 2016
  3. [3]
    Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
  4. [4]
    Shorty Rogers and His Giants – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  5. [5]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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