Way Up There
1957 studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Way Up There | ||||
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Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | March 3, October 26, and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955 Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Atlantic LP 1270 | |||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
Shorty Rogers chronology | ||||
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Way Up There is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1957.[1][2]
Reception
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Allmusic | [3] |
Jim Todd on Allmusic calls the album "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."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
- "Blues Way Up There" - 5:21
- "Moten Swing" (Benny Moten, Buster Moten) - 5:59
- "Blues Way Down There" - 4:15
- "Solarization" - 4:26
- "Pixieland" - 4:26
- "Wail of Two Cities" - 5:46
- "Baklava Bridge" - 5:27
- "March of the Martians" - 4:33
- Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 3 (track 4), October 26 (track 8), December 6 (track 5), December 9 (tracks 6 & 7) and December 16 (tracks 1-3), 1955
Personnel
- Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist - trumpet (track 5)
- Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone (tracks 6 & 7)
- John Graas - French horn (tracks 6 & 7)
- Paul Sarmento - tuba (tracks 6 & 7)
- Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet (tracks 4 & 8)
- Bud Shank - alto saxophone (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
- Barney Kessel - guitar (tracks 1-3)
- Pete Jolly (tracks 1-4), Lou Levy (tracks 5-8) - piano
- Curtis Counce (track 4), Ralph Peña (tracks 5-8), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks 1-3) - bass
- Shelly Manne - drums
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
leader
or
co-leader
- Modern Sounds (1951)
- Popo (1951)
- Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54)
- Cool and Crazy (1953)
- Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55)
- Collaboration (1954)
- Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
- Martians Come Back! (1955)
- Martians Stay Home (1955)
- The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955)
- Way Up There (1955)
- Portrait of Shorty (1957)
- Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957)
- Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957)
- Afro-Cuban Influence (1958)
- Chances Are It Swings (1958)
- Gigi in Jazz (1958)
- The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959)
- The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960)
- An Invisible Orchard (1961)
- The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961)
- Bossa Nova (1962)
- Jazz Waltz (1962)
- Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962)
- Gospel Mission (1963)
- Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963)
- California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985)
Stan
Kenton
- Innovations in Modern Music (1950)
- Stan Kenton Presents (1950)
- Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53)
- The Kenton Era (1950–51)
- The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
Pete
Rugolo
- Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954)
- Adventures in Rhythm (1954)
- Rugolomania (1954–55)
- New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
with
others
- Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53)
- Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55)
- Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55)
- The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955)
- Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959)
- Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965)
- Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966)
- Heart Beat (1979)
- Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968)
- Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
- You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63)
- Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966)
- Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967)
- Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968)
- The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968)
- Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966)
- Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963)
- In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963)
- Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965)
- The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55)
- My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962)
- Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967)
- The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68)
- The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968)
- Big Swing Face, 1967)
- Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969)
- A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967)
- Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962)
for
The
Monkees
- The Monkees Present (1966–69)
- "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967)
- "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968)
- The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1967–68)