| Martians Come Back! | ||||
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| Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
| Released | August 1956 | |||
| Recorded | October 26, November 3 and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955 Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 46:07 | |||
| Label | Atlantic LP 1232 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
| Shorty Rogers chronology | ||||
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Martians Come Back! is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in August 1956. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
Jim Todd, writing for Allmusic, described the album as "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." [3]
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
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