Shorty Rogers and His Giants: The Big Shorty Rogers Express

by Shorty Rogers

Shorty Rogers and His Giants: The Big Shorty Rogers Express cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commanding a large ensemble of West Coast heavyweights, the trumpeter and arranger crafts driving, intensely swinging charts on 'Shorty Rogers and His Giants: The Big Shorty Rogers Express'. The precise brass execution and buoyant rhythmic feel perfectly encapsulate the optimistic, high-energy peak of the Los Angeles studio scene.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Blue Express
  2. Pink Squirrel
  3. Coop De Graas
  4. Infinity Promenade
  5. Short Stop
  6. Boar-Jibu
  7. Pay The Piper
  8. Home With Sweets
  9. Tale Of An African Lobster
  10. Contours
  11. Chiquito Loco
  12. Sweetheart Of Sigmund Freud

Credits

  • Shorty Rogers And His Giants - primary artist
  • Curtis Counce - bass
  • Ralph Pe帽a - bass
  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Stan Levey - drums
  • John Graas - french horn
  • Lou Levy - piano
  • Marty Paich - piano

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