Shorty Rogers - The Big Shorty Rogers Express '2018

Tracks list

A fine middle-register trumpeter whose style seemed to practically define cool
jazz, Shorty Rogers was actually more significant for his arranging, both in
jazz and in the movie studios. After gaining early experience with Will Bradley
and Red Norvo and serving in the military, Rogers rose to fame as a member of
Woody Hermans First and Second Herds (1945-1946 and 1947-1949), and somehow he
managed to bring some swing to the Stan Kenton Innovations Orchestra
(1950-1951), clearly enjoying writing for the stratospheric flights of Maynard
Ferguson. After that association ran its course, Rogers settled in Los Angeles
where he led his Giants (which ranged from a quintet to a nonet and a big band)
on a series of rewarding West Coast jazz-styled recordings and wrote for the
studios, helping greatly to bring jazz into the movies; his scores for The Wild
One and The Man With the Golden Arm are particularly memorable. After 1962,
Rogers stuck almost exclusively to writing for television and films, but in 1982
he began a comeback in jazz. Rogers reorganized and headed the Lighthouse
All-Stars and, although his own playing was not quite as strong as previously,
he remained a welcome presence both in clubs and recordings. ~ Scott Yanow

Tracklist:
01. Shorty Rogers - Blues Express (feat. His Giants)
02. Shorty Rogers - Pink Squirrel (feat. His Giants)
03. Shorty Rogers - Coop De Grass (feat. His Giants)
04. Shorty Rogers - Infinity Promenade (feat. His Giants)
05. Shorty Rogers - Short Stop (feat. His Giants)
06. Shorty Rogers - Boar-Jibu (feat. His Giants)
07. Shorty Rogers - Pay The Piper (feat. His Giants)
08. Shorty Rogers - At Home With Sweets (feat. His Giants)
09. Shorty Rogers - Tale Of An African Lobster (feat. His Giants)
10. Shorty Rogers - Contours (feat. His Giants)
11. Shorty Rogers - Chiquito Loco (feat. His Giants)
12. Shorty Rogers - The Sweetheart Of Sigmund Freud (feat. His Giants)

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