The Swinging Mr. Rogers

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The Swinging Mr. Rogers
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Studio album by
Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Released1955
RecordedMarch 1 & 3, 1955
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length45:30
Label Atlantic
LP 1212
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
Shorty Rogers chronology
Collaboration
(1954)
The Swinging Mr. Rogers
(1955)
Martians Stay Home
(1955)

The Swinging Mr. Rogers is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1955. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls the album "one of trumpeter Shorty Rogers' finest small group sessions of the 1950s". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:44
  2. "Trickley Didlier" – 4:41
  3. "Oh Play That Thing" – 6:31
  4. "Not Really the Blues" (Johnny Mandel) – 4:58
  5. "Martians Go Home" – 7:56
  6. "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Hart) – 6:12
  7. "Michele's Meditation" – 3:55
  8. "That's What I'm Talkin' 'Bout" – 5:33

Personnel

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References

  1. "Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. The Swinging Mr. Rogers – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1231. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.