The Swinging Mr. Rogers

The Swinging Mr. Rogers
Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Released 1955
Recorded March 1 & 3, 1955
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 45:30
Label Atlantic
LP 1212
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
Shorty Rogers chronology
Collaboration
(1954)Collaboration1954		 The Swinging Mr. Rogers
(1955)		 Martians Stay Home
(1955)Martians Stay Home1955

The Swinging Mr. Rogers is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1955.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls the album "one of trumpeter Shorty Rogers' finest small group sessions of the 1950's".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:44
  2. "Trickley Didlier" - 4:41
  3. "Oh Play That Thing" - 6:31
  4. "Not Really the Blues" (Johnny Mandel) - 4:58
  5. "Martians Go Home" - 7:56
  6. "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Hart) - 6:12
  7. "Michele's Meditation" - 3:55
  8. "That's What I'm Talkin' 'Bout" - 5:33

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 8, 2015
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. accessed March 23, 2016
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. The Swinging Mr. Rogers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
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