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• Trumpeter Shorty Rogers was both a leading figure in the creation of West Coast Big Band modern jazz in the early '50s and also the innovative soundtracks for 'The Wild One' (Marlon Brando) and 'The Man With The Golden Arm' (Frank Sinatra).
• Earlier, his prowess as a composer/arranger revitalized the bands of both Woody Herman and Stan Kenton, while his own recordings [Shorty Rogers & The Giants] set new standards of genuine excitement. He was also a founding member of The Lighthouse All-Stars. This anthology includes the complete 'Cool & Crazy' date and themes from 'The Wild One'.
• Featured throughout are such stars as Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Conte Candoli, Jimmy Giuffre, Bud Shank, Maynard Ferguson, Bob Cooper, Hampton Hawes etc.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Great. I remember as a schoolboy, when a group of us got a copy of this LP and all sat around the gramaphone for a couple of hours, playing it over and over again. Now got my own copy, and remembered all the jazz solos note for note after 30 years, having hardly heard them played on the radio since then. Wonderful to have all these old Shorty Rogers masterpieces(some played by his own big and small bands, others by Red Norvo combo, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and others), available again, gathered together in 2 CDs. All the old well-known West Coast musicians at their best.
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This is a special album--one to keep and treasure--tracks like "Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud" withs its FOUR Baritones in unisopn on the Melody or "Infinity Promenade" with Trumpet section led by Maynard Fersuson and PERCUSSION(more than Drumming) by Shelly Manne--Echos of Stan Kenton and Count Basie everywhere but definitely Shorty Rogers own-Buy it youll like it!!
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I can listen to Shorty for a long time
24 Nov 2011
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I've been a big band aficionado for a number of years now and I'm always on the lookout for exciting big band jazz, whether brand new like Roy Hargrove, Maria Schneider, or Gordon Goodwin, or something from a bygone era that I missed in my jazz journey. The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud, a selection on the Penguin Jazz Recordings core collection falls into the latter category (obviously). Shorty Rogers was a decent trumpet player who was much in demand as an arranger throughout his career. He worked closely with big names such as Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, and Stan Kenton. Not surprisingly then, he played with a lot of different groups, ranging in size from trios up to big bands. Though strictly speaking not all of these works are big band efforts, many of the smaller groups at least qualify as "large ensembles". But whatever the definition, the sound on every song is "large". This two CD set is especially satisfying because it covers a number of years, a number of different bands (I counted nine, and that doesn't count different iterations of the same bands), and of course, contains a lot of different songs. Most are upbeat and seriously swinging. Some are off beat, with cutesy scatting ("boop boo-dee oo-bop") or rapid Latin rhythms. All are interesting and highly listenable. The recordings are crisp and clear, but if I were to have any complaint, it would be that sometimes the balance is off between sections, but that is a minor quibble at best. I'd have to say that Rogers' trumpet section is one of the hottest I've ever heard, and he writes most effectively for Maynard Ferguson, harnessing that blistering and accurate squeal of his to give his trumpet section a dynamic edge that few other trumpet sections (with the possible exception of when Dizzy Gillespie was leading a big band) have ever achieved. Others that will especially love this collection are anybody who has an affinity for West Coast jazz a la Stan Kenton and the sounds he inspired, or anybody who just wants a swinging good time, big sound, and hot jazz, which are not all in short supply (sorry) on this phenomenal 2-CD set.
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