Martians Stay Home

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Martians Stay Home
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Studio album by
Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Released1980
RecordedMarch 1, October 21 and November 3, 1955
StudioCapitol Studios in Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length46:07
Label Atlantic
K 50714
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
Shorty Rogers chronology
The Swinging Mr. Rogers
(1955)
Martians Stay Home
(1980)
Martians Come Back!
(1955)

Martians Stay Home is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, featuring previously unreleased recordings from the 1955 sessions which produced The Swinging Mr. Rogers and Martians Come Back! , and first released on the Atlantic label in 1980. [1]

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Reception

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Michael G. Nastos on Allmusic wrote: "These are nice groups with Rogers's sensitive trumpet leading in a non-threatening, mainstream groove." [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Loaded" (Bernie Miller) - 6:40
  2. "Martians Stay Home" - 6:33
  3. "The Lady in Red" (Allie Wrubel, Mort Dixon) - 6:01
  4. "Amber Leaves" - 4:13
  5. "Bill" - 3:04
  6. "Barbaro" - 4:35
  7. "Peals" - 5:09
  8. "12th Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman, Andy Razaf) - 4:46
  9. "Easy" - 4:24

Personnel

References

  1. Atlantic Records Discography: 1955 accessed October 5, 2016
  2. 1 2 Nastos, Michael G.. Martians Stay Home – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 5, 2015.