Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
{{Infobox album
| name = Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
| type = Studio
| artist = Shorty Rogers and His Giants
| cover = Shorty Roggers Plays Richard Rodgers.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = January 30, February 1 & 4 and April 3, 1957
Los Angeles, CA
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:39
| label = RCA Victor
LPM 1428
| producer =
| 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.[http://www.redmitchell.com/sites/default/files/redm/pdfs/Red_Mitchell_Discography_Musician.pdf Red Mitchell discography as a sideman] accessed March 23, 2016Cohen, N. [http://www.attictoys.com/HerbGeller/Herb_Geller_discography_pt1.php Herb Geller discography] accessed March 23, 2016[https://www.discogs.com/Shorty-Rogers-And-His-Giants-Shorty-Rogers-Plays-Richard-Rodgers/master/482663 Discogs album entry] accessed March 23, 2016[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
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Disc
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Pleasant, with a wide appeal |last=Hall |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Hall (music executive) |magazine=Disc |date=15 March 1958 |issue=6 |page=17}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.{{AllMusic|class=album |id= mw0000763442 |title=Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers – Listing |accessdate=March 23, 2016}}
Track listing
All compositions by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
- "I've Got Five Dollars" - 3:44
- "Ten Cents a Dance" - 5:17
- "Mountain Greenery" - 6:13
- "A Ship Without a Sail" - 3:28
- "Mimi" - 3:11
- "It's Got to Be Love" - 3:58
- "I Could Write a Book" - 4:17
- "The Girl Friend" - 3:49
- "On a Desert Island with Thee" - 5:23
- "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
References
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