| Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
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| Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
| Released | 1953 | |||
| Recorded | January 12 & 15, 1953 and October 10, 1954 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:46 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor LPM 3137/LPM 1195 | |||
| Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
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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.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
- "Morpo" – 3:27
- "Bunny" – 3:25
- "Powder Puff" – 2:49
- "Mambo del Crow" – 3:02
- "Joycycle" – 2:39 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:17 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
- "The Pesky Serpent" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 2:38
- "Diablo's Dance" – 3:17
- "Pirouette" – 3:10
- "Indian Club" (Giuffre) – 2:35
- "The Goof and I" (Al Cohn) – 2:53 Bonus track on 12 inch LP
- "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 Bernhart – 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
References
- Art Pepper discography accessed March 22, 2016
- Discogs album entry accessed March 22, 2016
- Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
- ^ Shorty Rogers and His Giants – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.