Shorty Rogers Courts the Count

Shorty Rogers Courts the Count is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the RCA Victor label in 1954.[1][2][3]

Shorty Rogers Courts the Count
Studio album by
Released1954
RecordedFebruary 2 & 9 and March 3, 1954
Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length39:25
LabelRCA Victor
LJM 1004
Shorty Rogers chronology
Cool and Crazy
(1953)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count
(1954)
Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins
(1955)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [5]

Allmusic noted "Having found his own voice through stints with Woody Herman and Stan Kenton, Rogers gets a chance to show his appreciation for one of his early influences, with charts that both reflect the supple bounce of Basie and the complexly cool sound the trumpeter had been forging since the late '40s".[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Jump for Me" (Count Basie)- 4:00
  2. "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) - 3:21
  3. "It's Sand, Man" (Ed Lewis) - 3:00
  4. "Basie Eyes" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:27
  5. "Doggin' Around" (Battle, Herschel Evans) - 2:36
  6. "Down for Double" (Freddie Green) - 2:57
  7. "Over and Out" - 3:15
  8. "H & J" (Harry Edison, Jo Jones) -3:02
  9. "Taps Miller" (Basie) - 3:23
  10. "Tickletoe" (Lester Young) - 2:40
  11. "Swingin' the Blues" (Basie, Durham) - 4:29
  12. "Walk, Don't Run" - 3:15
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on February 2, 1954 (tracks 2-5), February 9, 1954 (tracks 1, 6, 7 & 11) and March 3, 1954 (tracks 8-10 & 12)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Cohen, N. Herb Geller discography accessed March 23, 2016
  2. ^ Minn, M. Maynard Ferguson discography accessed March 8, 2016
  3. ^ Discogs album entry accessed March 8, 2016
  4. ^ a b Cook, Stephen. Shorty Rogers Courts the Count – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.