Shorty Rogers
A fine middle-register trumpeter whose style seemed to practically define "cool jazz," Shorty Rogers was actually more significant for his arranging, both in jazz and in the movie studios. After gaining early experience with Will Bradley and Red Norvo and serving in the military, Rogers rose to fame as a member of Woody Herman's First and Second Herds (1945-1946 and 1947-1949), and somehow he managed to bring some swing to the Stan Kenton Innovations Orchestra (1950-1951), clearly enjoying writing for the stratospheric flights of Maynard Ferguson. After that association ran its course, Rogers settled in Los Angeles where he led his Giants (which ranged from a quintet to a nonet and a big band) on a series of rewarding West Coast jazz-styled recordings and wrote for the studios, helping greatly to bring jazz into the movies; his scores for The Wild One and The Man With the Golden Arm are particularly memorable. After 1962, Rogers stuck almost exclusively to writing for television and films, but in 1982 he began a comeback in jazz. Rogers reorganized and headed the Lighthouse All-Stars and, although his own playing was not quite as strong as previously, he remained a welcome presence both in clubs and recordings.
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Shorty Rogers and His Giants (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 20 Jun 2018
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The Big Shorty Rogers Express (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 20 Jun 2018
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Shorty Rogers And His Giants: "Gigi" in Jazz
Jazz - Released by Blue Velvet on 25 Sep 2017
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Paradise Found
Jazz - Released by SantaJazzClause on 11 Oct 2013
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The Big Shorty Rogers Express
Jazz - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 20 Jun 2018
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Early Skylark And Tampa EPs (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by RevOla on 21 May 2019
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Chances Are It Swings (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 5 Jun 1959
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Wherever the Five Winds Blow
Jazz - Released by RCA - Legacy on 25 Jan 1957
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Paradise Found
Jazz - Released by Marylebone Records on 15 Aug 2013
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Shorty Rogers on Quardromania, Vol. 4
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 2 Dec 2013
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Essential Jazz Masters
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Master Classics Records on 1 Dec 2010
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The Big Shorty Rogers Express
Pop - Released by Digital Gramophone on 20 Jun 2018
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East Coast - West Coast Scene
Jazz - Released by RCA - Legacy on 18 Feb 1955
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Creative West Coast Swing Featuring Art Pepper, Shelly Manne A.M.O. Vol 1
Jazz - Released by Documents on 1 Sep 2005
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Jazz Pearls
Jazz - Released by Jazz 2 Jazz Records on 5 Jul 2013
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Classic Rogers, Vol. 4: Chances Are It Swings
Jazz - Released by Diamond Days on 5 May 2008
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