The Swinging Mr. Rogers

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Total Tracks: 8   Total Length: 45:35

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Too Cool West Coast Sound Classic

ChristyMathewson

Thank you for the eMusic editors for pointing out this gem. Cool, west coast sound. Take that, New Yorkers!

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Shorty Rogers and the Migration of the Cool
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Shorty Rogers and the Migration of the Cool

By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic Contributor

Some good music never goes out of style: Jazz fans everywhere revere the cooking hard bop of the 1950s. So why is the other big '50s trend, cool jazz, barely on modern radar? If you want to know how fresh and airy it still sounds, hear trumpeter/composer/arranger/cool exemplar Shorty Rogers on "Popo," "Didi," "Four Mothers" and "Sam and the Lady" from his first 1951 octet session: tightly arranged, swinging jazz with breezy orchestral colors, and… more »

They Say All Music Guide

This Lp has one of trumpeter Shorty Rogers’ finest small group sessions of the 1950′s; fortunately the music has been reissued by Mosaic on CD in a box set. Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre (on clarinet, tenor and baritone), pianist Pete Jolly, bassist Curtis Counce and drummer Shelly Manne are the epitome of cool on a well-rounded and consistently interesting set. Highlights including “Isn’t It Romantic,” “Trickleydidlier,” “Not Really The Blues” and Rogers’ “hit” “Martians Go Home.” – Scott Yanow