Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers

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Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Released 1957
Recorded January 30, February 1 & 4 and April 3, 1957
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length42:39
Label RCA Victor
LPM 1428
Shorty Rogers chronology
Wherever the Five Winds Blow
(1956)		Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
(1957)		 Portrait of Shorty
(1957)

Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing songs composed by Richard Rodgers, issued by RCA Victor in 1957. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

Richard Rodgers American composer

Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music, with over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His compositions have had a significant impact on popular music.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars. [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

  1. "I've Got Five Dollars" - 3:44
  2. "Ten Cents a Dance" - 5:17
  3. "Mountain Greenery" - 6:13
  4. "A Ship Without a Sail" - 3:28
  5. "Mimi" - 3:11
  6. "It's Got to Be Love" - 3:58
  7. "I Could Write a Book" - 4:17
  8. "The Girl Friend" - 3:49
  9. "On a Desert Island with Thee" - 5:23
  10. "Thou Swell" - 3:19

Personnel

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

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".

Conte Candoli American musician

Secondo "Conte" Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast. He played in the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and in Doc Severinsen's NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He played with Gerry Mulligan, and on Frank Sinatra's TV specials. He also recorded with Supersax, a Charlie Parker tribute band that consisted of a saxophone quintet, the rhythm section, and either a trumpet or trombone.

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References

  1. ↑ Red Mitchell discography as a sideman accessed March 23, 2016
  2. ↑ Cohen, N. Herb Geller discography accessed March 23, 2016
  3. ↑ Discogs album entry accessed March 23, 2016
  4. ↑ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine . accessed March 23, 2016
  5. 1 2 Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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