Wherever the Five Winds Blow

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Wherever the Five Winds Blow
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Studio album by
Shorty Rogers Quintet
Released1957
RecordedJuly 2, 1956
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length38:59
Label RCA Victor
LPM 1326
Shorty Rogers chronology
Way Up There
(1955)
Wherever the Five Winds Blow
(1957)
Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
(1957)

Wherever the Five Winds Blow is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released by RCA Victor in 1957. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers

  1. "Hurricane Carol" - 5:59
  2. "Breezin' Along in the Trades" - 9:14
  3. "Marooned in a Monsoon" - 4:52
  4. "The Chinook That Melted My Heart" - 10:18
  5. "Prevailing on the Westerlies" - 8:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Discogs album entry accessed September 8, 2015
  2. Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography accessed March 23, 2016
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed September 8, 2015
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.