| Way Up There | ||||
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| Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | March 3, October 26, and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955 Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic LP 1270 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
| Shorty Rogers chronology | ||||
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Way Up There is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1957.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
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
- Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 3 (track 4), October 26 (track 8), December 6 (track 5), December 9 (tracks 6 & 7) and December 16 (tracks 1-3), 1955
Personnel
- Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist - trumpet (track 5)
- Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone (tracks 6 & 7)
- John Graas - French horn (tracks 6 & 7)
- Paul Sarmento - tuba (tracks 6 & 7)
- Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet (tracks 4 & 8)
- Bud Shank - alto saxophone (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
- Barney Kessel - guitar (tracks 1-3)
- Pete Jolly (tracks 1-4), Lou Levy (tracks 5-8) - piano
- Curtis Counce (track 4), Ralph Peña (tracks 5-8), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks 1-3) - bass
- Shelly Manne - drums
References
- Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 8, 2015
- Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography accessed March 23, 2016
- ^ Todd, Jim. Martians, Come Back!/Way Up There – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.