Jazz Waltz (Shorty Rogers Album)
''Jazz Waltz'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Reprise Records, Reprise label in 1963. Reception On All About Jazz Dave Rickert said "the novelty of ¾ time in music is still fresh even today and Joe Mondragon and Mel Lewis create a seemingly infinite variety of ways to swing in waltz time. Rogers contributes a few catchy melodies (in particular the title track) and creates lovely charts".Rickerts, D.All About Jazz Review May 12, 2003 Allmusic noted "Shorty Rogers' ''Jazz Waltz'' is exactly that, an exploration of ten compositions played in waltz settings. Only these big-band charts are hardly the waltzes heard on Lawrence Welk's long-running television series". Track listing All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted. # "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) - 4:31 # "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 5:26 # "Walk on the Wild Side (David and Bernstein song), Walk on the Wild Side" (Elmer Bernstein) - ...
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