| Way Up There | ||||
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| Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | March 3, October 26, and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955 Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic LP 1270 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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Way Up There is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1957. [1] [2]
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Jim Todd on Allmusic calls the album "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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