Superb digipack edition for Shorty Roger's fans with fully illustrated 24-page booklet (rare & unpublished photos). This 2-CD release contains 5 complete LPs + 1 EP:
-Modern Sounds by Shorty Rogers & His Giants (Capitol 10" H294)
-Shorty Rogers and his Giants (RCA Victor LPM-1195)
-Cool and Crazy (RCA Victor 10" LPM-3138)
-Hot Blood (RCA Victor 7" EPA-535)
-Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (RCA Victor LJM-1004)
-The Big Shorty Rogers Express (RCA Victor LPM-1350)
This set truly demonstrates what was defined as the "West Coast Jazz" but, in fact, was the Shorty Rogers style. We can hear arrangements of a loose variety, played by the most outstanding group of musicians of the Los Angeles scene. The music presented here is a major example of Shorty Rogers' great talent, and a milestone in the orchestral idiom of modern jazz. Shorty's writing and playing were a pretty honest reflection of his own personality. If there was ever an individual to be selected as the head of the West Coast school, it definitely would have been Shorty Rogers.
Tracklist
Total time: 147:59 min.
Album details
Personnel on CD 1
Tracks #1-3: Shorty Rogers (tp), John Graas (Frh), Gene Englund (tuba), Art Pepper (as), Bob Cooper (ts), Bob Gioga (bs), Claude Williamson (p), Don Bagley (b), Shelly Manne (d), June Christy (vcl).
Recorded in Hollywood, August 28, 1950
Tracks #4-9: Shorty Rogers (tp), John Graas (Frh), Gene Englund (tuba), Art Pepper (as), Jimmy Giuffre (ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Don Bagley (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, July 1, 1951
Tracks #10-17: Shorty Rogers (tp), John Graas (Frh), Gene Englund (tuba), Milt Bernhart (tb), Art Pepper (as), Jimmy Giuffre (ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, January 12 & 15, 1953
Tracks #18-20: Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, John Howell (tp), Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart (tb), John Haliburton (b-tb), John Graas (Frh), Gene Englund (tuba), Art Pepper (as, ts), Bud Shank (as,bs), Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bs), Bob Cooper (ts, bs), Marty Paich (p), Curtis Counce (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, March 26 & April 2, 1953
Personnel on CD 2
Tracks #1-4: Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, Ray Linn (tp), John Graas (Frh), Paul Sarmento (tuba), Jimmy Knepper, Harry Betts (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (b-tb), Bud Shank, Herb Geller (as), Bill Holman, Bill Perkins (ts), Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper (bs), Russ Freeman (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, July 14, 1953
Tracks #5-8: Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison, Clyde Reasinger, Maynard Ferguson (tp), Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb), John Graas (Frh), Paul Sarmento (tuba), Bud Shank, Herb Geller (as), Zoot Sims, Bob Cooper (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bs), Marty Paich (p), Curtis Counce (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, February 2, 1954
Tracks #9-12: Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison, Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson (tp), Harry Betts, Milt Bernhardt (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb), John Graas (Frh), Paul Sarmento (tuba), Bud Shank, Herb Geller (as), Bill Holman (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts), Bob Gordon (bs), Marty Paich (p), Curtis Counce (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, February 9, 1954
Tracks #13-16: Same as above but Zoot Sims (ts) and Bob Cooper (bs) replace Holman and Gordon.
Recorded in Hollywood, March 3, 1954
Track #17: Shorty Rogers (flh), Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Buddy Childers (tp), Milt Bernhart, Frank Rosolino, George Roberts (tb), Bud Shank (as), Bob Cooper, Jack Montrose (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Pete Jolly (p), Ralph Pena (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, December 15, 1955
Tracks #18-20: Shorty Rogers (flh), Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Maynard Ferguson (tp), Milt Bernhart, Frank Rosolino (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb), George Roberts (b-tb), John Graas (Frh), Paul Sarmento (tuba), Charlie Mariano, Art Pepper (as), Bill Holman, Jack Montrose (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Lou Levy (p), Ralph Pena (b), Stan Levey (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, July 5, 1956
Compiled & produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
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