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Alyn Shipton selects the essential recordings of West Coast 'cool school' pioneer, trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers; featuring an archive interview with Rogers from 1992.

Recommendations:
Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud (Giant Steps)
And His Orchestra Featuring the Giants (Fresh Sound)
Complete Quintet Sessions 1954-6 Vols 1-3 (Fresh Sound)

Playlist

DISC 1
Title Casa De Luz
Artist Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank and the Lighthouse All Stars
Composer Rogers
Album America The Beautiful
Label Candid
Number 79510 Track 4

Personnel Shorty Rogers, Pete Candoli, t, fh; Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Bill Perkins, reeds, Pete Jolly, p; Monty Budwig, b; Lawrence Marable, d. Aug 1991.

DISC 2
Title Popo
Artist Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Composer Rogers
Album West Coast Sounds
Label Fresh Sound
Number 2231 CD 1 Track 7

Personnel: SR, t; John Graas, frh; Gene Englund, tu; Art Pepper, as; Jimmy Giuffre, bar; Hampton Hawes, p; Don Bagley, b; Shelly Manne d. Hollywood, 1 July 1951.

DISC 3
Title Diablos Dance
Artist Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Composer Rogers
Album Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud
Label Giant Steps
Number GIST 009 CD 2 Track 6

Personnel: as for Popo but add Milt Bernhart, tb; and Joe Mondragon, b, replaces Bagley. 15 Jan 1953.

DISC 4
Title Infinity Promenade
Artist Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra featuring the Giants
Composer Rogers
Album West Coast Sounds
Label Fresh Sound
Number 2231 CD 1 Track 7

Personnel SR, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, John Howell, t; Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, John Haliburton, tb; John Graas, frh; Gene Englund, tu; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, reeds, Marty Paich, p; Curtis Counce, b; Shelly Manne, d. March / April 1953

DISC 5
Title Tale of an African Lobster
Artist Shorty Rogers
Composer Rogers
Album Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud
Label Giant Steps
Number GIST 009 CD 2 Track 14

Personnel as for Infinity Promenade

DISC 6
Title Swing Shift
Artist Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars
Composer anon
Album Shorty Rogers: Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud
Label Giant Steps
Number GIST 009 CD 1 Track 23

Personnel: Shorty Rogers, t; Milt Bernhart tb; Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre, ts; Frank Patchen, p; Howard Rumsey, b; Shelly Manne d. 22 Jul 1952

DISC 7
Title Nutty Pine
Artist Jimmy Giuffre
Composer Giuffre
Album The Complete Capitol Recordings 1954-55
Label Fresh Sound
Number FSR 2225 Track 6

Personnel: Jimmy Giuffre, cl, ts; Jack Sheldon, t; Shorty Rogers, fh; Bob Enevoldsen, tb; Bud Shank, as; Ralph Pena, b; Shelly Manne, d. 15 April 1954.

DISC 8
Title Martians Go Home
Artist Shorty Rogers
Composer Rogers
Album Complete Quintet Sessions 1954-56 Vol. 1
Label Fresh Sound
Number FSR 2234 Track 7

Personnel SR, t; Jimmy Giuffre, cl; Pete Jolly, p; Curtis Counce, b; Shelly Manne, d. 1 March 1955

DISC 9
Title Blues in The Night
Artist Shorty Rogers
Composer Mercer/Arlen
Album Swings
Label Bluebird Number ND 83012 Track 15

Personnel: Oliver Mitchell,. Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, Buddy Childers, Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, t; Harry Betts, Kenneth Schroyer, Bob Enovoldsen, Richard Nash, tb; Jimmy Giuffre, cl; Bud Shank, Bill Holman, Herb Geller, Charles Gentry, reeds; Barney Kessell, g; Pete Jolly, p; Joe Mondragon, b; Mel Lewis, d. 10 Feb 1959

DISC 10
Title At Home With Sweets
Artist Shorty Rogers
Composer Rogers
Album And His Orchestra, featuring the Giants 1954-56
Label Fresh Sound Number FSR 2231 CD2 Track 19

DISC 11
Title Fun
Artist Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank and the Lighthouse All Stars
Composer Rogers
Album America The Beautiful
Label Candid Number 79510
Track 10
Personnel as for disc 1.

Recommendations:
Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud (Giant Steps)
And His Orchestra Featuring the Giants (Fresh Sound)
Complete Quintet Sessions 1954-6 Vols 1-3 (Fresh Sound)




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