Martians Come Back!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Martians Come Back!
| type = Studio
| artist = Shorty Rogers and His Giants
| cover = Martians Come Back!.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 1956
| recorded = October 26, November 3 and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955
Los Angeles, CA
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 46:07
| label = Atlantic
LP 1232
| producer = Nesuhi Ertegun
| chronology = Shorty Rogers
| prev_title = Martians Stay Home
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = Way Up There
| next_year = 1956
}}
Martians Come Back! is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in August 1956.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1200-series/#1232 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series] accessed September 8, 2015[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/claudio-roditi/ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827143329/https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/claudio-roditi/ |date=2016-08-27 }} accessed March 23, 2016
Reception
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| rev1 = Allmusic
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Jim Todd, writing for Allmusic, described the album as "a good overview of Rogers' work in the company of a who's who of West Coast jazz, playing arrangements for trumpet section and rhythm, quintet, and brass and winds with rhythm."{{AllMusic|first=Jim |last=Todd |class=album |id=mw0000668121 |title=Martians, Come Back!/Way Up There – Review |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}
Track listing
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
- "Martians Come Back" - 6:13
- "Astral Alley" - 4:35
- "Lotus Bud" - 4:56
- "Dickie's Dream" (Count Basie, Lester Young) - 5:33
- "Papouche" - 4:16
- "Serenade in Sweets" - 6:35
- "Planetarium" - 3:37
- "Chant of the Cosmos" - 6:15
- Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on October 26 (tracks 1 & 7), November 3 (tracks 3 & 5), December 6 (tracks 2 & 6), December 9 (track 8) and December 16 (track 4), 1955
Personnel
- Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist - trumpet (tracks 2 & 6)
- Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone (track 8)
- John Graas - French horn (track 8)
- Paul Sarmento - tuba (track 8)
- Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8)
- Bud Shank - alto saxophone (tracks 4 & 8)
- Barney Kessel - guitar (track 4)
- Pete Jolly (track 4), Lou Levy (tracks 1-3 & 5-8) - piano
- Ralph Peña (tracks 1-3 & 5-8), Leroy Vinnegar (track 4) - bass
- Shelly Manne - drums