Collaboration (Shorty Rogers and André Previn album) explained

Collaboration
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Shorty Rogers and André Previn
Cover:	Collaboration (Shorty Rogers and André Previn album).jpg
Released:	1955
Recorded:	March 30, June 14 and September 14, 1954
Studio:	RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:54
Label:	RCA Victor LJM 1018
Chronology:	Shorty Rogers
Prev Title:	Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	The Swinging Mr. Rogers
Next Year:	1955

Collaboration is an album by jazz trumpeter Shorty Rogers and pianist André Previn, released by RCA Victor in 1955.^[1]

Reception

Billboard in 1955 praised the sidemen and added: "The boys turn out some mighty listenable jazz and both Rogers and Previn wear their arranging laurels proudly."^[2] AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow observed: "Shorty Rogers and Andre Previn split the arranging chores in a somewhat competitive fashion. Rogers arranges a standard and then that is followed by a Previn original based on the same chord structure. This procedure is followed until the halfway point of the date when they reverse roles. ...the result is a dead heat with some fine swinging solos".

Track listing

All compositions by André Previn, except where indicated.

1. "It's De-Lovely" (Cole Porter) - 2:28
2. "Porterhouse" - 2:47
3. "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 2:38
4. "40 Degrees Below" - 2:42
5. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:27
6. "Claudia" - 3:25*
7. "You Do Something to Me" (Porter) - 3:07
8. "Call for Cole" (Shorty Rogers) - 2:18
9. "Everything I've Got (Belongs to You)" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:37
10. "Some Antics" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:23
11. "It Only Happens When I Dance with You" (Berlin) - 3:02
12. "General Cluster" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:00

• Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 30, 1954 (tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11), June 14, 1954 (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12) and September 14, 1954 (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)
• Written upon the birth of Previn's first child, daughter Claudia Previn, and dedicated "to Claudia"^[3]

Personnel

• Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
• André Previn - piano, arranger
• Milt Bernhart - trombone
• Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute
• Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Giuffre - baritone saxophone
• Al Hendrickson (tracks 3-6 & 9-12), Jack Marshall (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8) - guitar
  • Curtis Counce (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12), Joe Mondragon (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-9 & 11) - bass Shelly Manne - drums

Notes and References

1. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/claudio-roditi/ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography
2. February 12, 1955 . Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums . . 67 . 7 . 36.
3. Web site: Lullaby on the name of Claudia.