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Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Cover:	Shorty Roggers Plays Richard Rodgers.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	January 30, February 1 & 4 and April 3, 1957 Los Angeles, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:39
Label:	RCA Victor LPM 1428
Chronology:	Shorty Rogers
Prev Title:	Wherever the Five Winds Blow
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Portrait of Shorty
Next Year:	1957

Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing songs composed by Richard Rodgers, issued by RCA Victor in 1957.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

1. "I've Got Five Dollars" - 3:44
2. "Ten Cents a Dance" - 5:17
3. "Mountain Greenery" - 6:13
4. "A Ship Without a Sail" - 3:28
5. "Mimi" - 3:11
6. "It's Got to Be Love" - 3:58
7. "I Could Write a Book" - 4:17
8. "The Girl Friend" - 3:49
9. "On a Desert Island with Thee" - 5:23
10. "Thou Swell" - 3:19

• Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on January 30, 1957 (tracks 3 & 9), February 1, 1957 (tracks 1 & 7), February 4, 1957 (tracks 4, 8 & 10) and April 3, 1957 (tracks 2, 5 & 6)

Personnel

• Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
• Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Harry Edison (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Maynard Ferguson (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Al Porcino (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9) - trumpet
• Milt Bernhardt (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Bob Burgess (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), John Halliburton (tracks 3 & 9), George Roberts (tracks 1 & 7), Frank Rosolino (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9) - trombone
• Sam Rice - tuba (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9)
  • Herb Geller - alto saxophone Bill Holman, Jack Montrose (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9), Bill Perkins (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 9) - tenor saxophone
• Pepper Adams (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7-10), Jimmy Giuffre (tracks 2, 5 & 6) - baritone saxophone
• Pete Jolly - piano
  • Red Mitchell - bass Stan Levey - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.redmitchell.com/sites/default/files/redm/pdfs/Red_Mitchell_Discography_Musician.pdf Red Mitchell discography as a sideman
2. Cohen, N. Herb Geller discography accessed March 23, 2016
3. https://www.discogs.com/Shorty-Rogers-And-His-Giants-Shorty-Rogers-Plays-Richard-Rodgers/master/482663 Discogs album entry
4. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/claudio-roditi/ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography