An Invisible Orchard Explained

An Invisible Orchard
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra featuring The Giants
Cover:	An Invisible Orchard.jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	February 28 and April 18 & 26, 1961
Studio:	RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:51
Label:	RCA Victor 74321495602
Producer:	Dick Peirce
Chronology:	Shorty Rogers
Prev Title:	The Swingin' Nutcracker
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	The Fourth Dimension in Sound
Next Year:	1961

An Invisible Orchard is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers which was recorded for RCA Victor in 1961 but remained unreleased by the label until 1997.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers.

1. "Inner Space" - 4:42
2. "Saturnian Sunrise" - 4:03
3. "Light Years" - 4:39
4. "Like Space" - 4:12
5. "La Valse" - 5:32
6. "Lunar Montunar" - 5:14
7. "El Rojo Bajo" - 5:54
8. "An Invisible Orchard" - 9:35

• Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, CA on February 28, 1961 (tracks 3-5), April 18, 1961 (tracks 1 & 8) and April 26, 1961 (tracks 2, 6 & 7)

Personnel

• Shorty Rogers - flugelhorn, conductor, arranger
  • Conte Candoli (tracks 3-5), Ollie Mitchell, Al Porcino (tracks 1, 2 & 6-8), Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson - trumpet Harry Betts, Frank Rosolino - trombone
• Marshall Cram (tracks 1 & 8), George Roberts (tracks 2-7), Kenneth Shroyer - bass trombone
  • • Paul Horn, Bud Shank - flute, alto saxophone Harold Land, Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone Chuck Gentry (tracks 3-5), Bill Hood (tracks 1, 2 & 6-8) - baritone saxophone
• Pete Jolly - piano
• Emil Richards - vibraphone
  • Red Mitchell - bass Mel Lewis - drums

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Shorty-Rogers-And-His-Orchestra-Featuring-The-Giants-The-Music-From-An-Invisible-Orchard/release/8122017 Discogs album entry