The Swinging Mr. Rogers
| The Swinging Mr. Rogers | ||||
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| Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | March 1 & 3, 1955 Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:30 | |||
| Label | Atlantic LP 1212 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
| Shorty Rogers chronology | ||||
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The Swinging Mr. Rogers is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1955.[1][2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls the album "one of trumpeter Shorty Rogers' finest small group sessions of the 1950s".[3]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
- "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:44
- "Trickley Didlier" – 4:41
- "Oh Play That Thing" – 6:31
- "Not Really the Blues" (Johnny Mandel) – 4:58
- "Martians Go Home" – 7:56
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Hart) – 6:12
- "Michele's Meditation" – 3:55
- "That's What I'm Talkin' 'Bout" – 5:33
Personnel
[edit]- Shorty Rogers – trumpet
- Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Pete Jolly – piano
- Curtis Counce – bass
- Shelly Manne – drums
References
[edit]- ^ "Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Swinging Mr. Rogers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1231. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
