An Invisible Orchard

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An Invisible Orchard
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Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra featuring The Giants
Released 1997
Recorded February 28 and April 18 & 26, 1961
Studio RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length43:51
Label RCA Victor
74321495602
Producer Dick Peirce
Shorty Rogers chronology
The Swingin' Nutcracker
(1960)		An Invisible Orchard
(1997)		 The Fourth Dimension in Sound
(1961)

An Invisible Orchard is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers which was recorded for RCA Victor in 1961 but remained unreleased by the label until 1997. [1] [2]

Shorty Rogers American trumpeter

Milton "Shorty" Rogers was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers.

  1. "Inner Space" - 4:42
  2. "Saturnian Sunrise" - 4:03
  3. "Light Years" - 4:39
  4. "Like Space" - 4:12
  5. "La Valse" - 5:32
  6. "Lunar Montunar" - 5:14
  7. "El Rojo Bajo" - 5:54
  8. "An Invisible Orchard" - 9:35

Personnel

Flugelhorn Brass musical instrument

The flugelhorn is a brass instrument that is usually pitched in B♭ but occasionally found in C. It resembles a trumpet, and the tube has the same length but a wider, conical bore. A type of valved bugle, the flugelhorn was developed in Germany from a traditional English valveless bugle, with the first version sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828. The valved bugle provided Adolphe Sax with the inspiration for his B♭ soprano (contralto) saxhorns, on which the modern-day flugelhorn is modeled.

Conducting directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duties of the conductor are to interpret the score in a way which reflects the specific indications in that score, set the tempo, ensure correct entries by ensemble members, and "shape" the phrasing where appropriate. Conductors communicate with their musicians primarily through hand gestures, usually with the aid of a baton, and may use other gestures or signals such as eye contact. A conductor usually supplements their direction with verbal instructions to their musicians in rehearsal.

Arrangement musical composition in altered form

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings.. .. Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".

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References

  1. ↑ Discogs album entry accessed October 3, 2016
  2. ↑ An Invisible Orchard – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
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