Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers

1957 studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
Studio album by
Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Released1957
RecordedJanuary 30, February 1 & 4 and April 3, 1957
Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length42:39
LabelRCA Victor
LPM 1428
Shorty Rogers chronology
Wherever the Five Winds Blow
(1956) 		Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
(1957) 		Portrait of Shorty
(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

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Allmusic[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[5]

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

References

  1. ^ Red Mitchell discography as a sideman accessed March 23, 2016
  2. ^ Cohen, N. Herb Geller discography accessed March 23, 2016
  3. ^ Discogs album entry accessed March 23, 2016
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
  5. ^ a b Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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