Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of

West Coast jazz West Coast jazz refers to styles of jazz that developed in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a subgenre of cool jazz, which consisted of a calmer style than bebop or hard bop. The music relied re ...

. He played trumpet and

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and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.

Biography

Rogers was born in

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, United States. He worked first as a professional musician with Will Bradley and

Red Norvo Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville; March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was an American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as "Mr. Swing". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His reco ...

. From 1947 to 1949, he worked extensively with

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his dea ...

and in 1950 and 1951 he played with

Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though K ...

. On June 7, 1953, Rogers and his orchestra, including

Johnny "Guitar" Watson John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996), known professionally as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, was an American musician and singer-songwriter. A flamboyant showman and electric guitarist in the style of T-Bone Walker, his recording caree ...

, performed for the famed ninth

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concert at

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in Los Angeles, produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. Also featured that day were Roy Brown and his Orchestra, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen,

Earl Bostic Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he ...

Nat "King" Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

, and

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and his All Stars with Velma Middleton. From 1953 through 1962, Rogers recorded a series of albums for

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(later reissued on RCA's

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label), as well as a series of albums for

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most im ...

with his own group, Shorty Rogers and His Giants, including ''Shorty Courts the Count'' (1954), ''The Swinging Mr. Rogers'' (1955), and ''Martians Come Back'' (1955), the album title alluding to the tune "Martians Go Home" which Rogers had composed and performed on ''The Swinging Mr. Rogers'' earlier the same year. These albums incorporated some of his more avant-garde music. To some extent they could be classified as "cool" jazz; but they also looked back to the "hot" style of

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

, whom Rogers always credited as a major inspiration. In 1957, Rogers composed the music for the

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ...

cartoon ''

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'', notably the first Warner Bros. cartoon short not to have music by either

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, and scored the music for the MGM film '' Tarzan, the Ape Man'' two years later. Rogers died of

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in Van Nuys, California, at the age of 70.

Discography

As leader

* ''

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, 1951 955 * '' Popo'' ( Xanadu, 1951

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* '' Shorty Rogers and His Giants'' (

, 1953) * ''

Cool and Crazy ''Cool and Crazy'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers originally released by RCA Victor in 1953 as a 10-inch LP.-song 45rpm 7" vinyl EP(RCA Victor EPA-535, 1953) * ''

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.Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins'' (

Pacific Jazz Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003). Harte, in 1954, also co-founded ...

, 1955) * ''

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'' (RCA Victor, 1955) * ''

The Swinging Mr. Rogers ''The Swinging Mr. Rogers'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic Records, Atlantic label in 1955.

'' (

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, 1955) * '' Martians Stay Home'' (Atlantic, 1955

* ''

Martians Come Back! ''Martians Come Back!'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in August 1956.

'' (Atlantic, 1955) * ''

Way Up There ''Way Up There'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1957.957 Year 957 ( CMLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * September 6 – Liudolf, the eldest son of King Otto I, dies of a violent fever ne ...

* ''Clickin' with Clax'' (Atlantic, 1956 978 * ''

Wherever the Five Winds Blow ''Wherever the Five Winds Blow'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released by RCA Victor in 1957.

'' (RCA Victor, 1956) * ''The Big Shorty Rogers Express'' (RCA Victor, 1956) - reissue of ''Cool And Crazy'' with 4 tracks added on * '' Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * '' Portrait of Shorty'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * '' Gigi in Jazz'' (RCA Victor, 1958) * '' Afro-Cuban Influence'' (RCA Victor, 1958) * '' Chances Are It Swings'' (RCA Victor, 1958) * ''

The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs ''The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing songs composed by Harold Arlen including several from '' The Wizard of Oz''. The album was issued by RCA Victor in 1959. ...

'' (RCA Victor, 1959) * '' Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan'' ( MGM, 1960) * ''

The Swingin' Nutcracker ''The Swingin' Nutcracker'' is a 1960 RCA Victor album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing compositions adapted from ''The Nutcracker'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.An Invisible Orchard'' (RCA Victor, 1961

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* ''

The Fourth Dimension in Sound ''The Fourth Dimension in Sound'' (subtitled ''A Musical Experiment in the Adaptation of Instruments to Modern Electronics'') is an album by bandleader and arranger Shorty Rogers recorded in late 1961 and released on the Warner Bros. label.

'' ( Warner Bros., 1962) * ''

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'' (

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, 1962) * '' Jazz Waltz'' (Reprise, 1962) * ''

Mavis Meets Shorty ''Mavis Meets Shorty'' is an album by vocalist Mavis Rivers and trumpeter Shorty Rogers, released on the Reprise label in 1963.Gospel Mission'' (Capitol, 1963) * ''Re-Entry'' (

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, 1983) * '' Yesterday, Today and Forever'' (

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, 1983) * ''Back Again'' (Choice, 1984) * '' California Concert'' (

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, 1985) * ''America the Beautiful'' (

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, 1991) * ''Eight Brothers'' (Candid, 1992)

As sideman

With

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* ''

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'' (

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, 1956) With Teddy Charles * '' Collaboration West'' (

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, 1953) * ''

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'' (Prestige, 1957) With

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* ''

'' (Capitol, 1955) * '' The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet'' (Atlantic, 1956) With

* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1950) * '' Stan Kenton Presents'' (Capitol, 1950) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1953) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1940–1954 955 * '' The Innovations Orchestra'' (Capitol, 1950–1951

With

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* ''St. Louis Blues'' (RCA Victor, 1958) With Perez Prado * ''Voodoo Suite'' (RCA Victor, 1955) With

Pete Rugolo Pietro "Pete" Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011) was an American jazz composer, arranger and record producer. Life and career Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settle ...

* ''

Introducing Pete Rugolo ''Introducing Pete Rugolo'' is an album by bandleader, composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1954 and released on the Columbia label, initially as a 10-inch LP, then with an additional four tracks as a 12- ...

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, 1954) * ''

Adventures in Rhythm ''Adventures in Rhythm'' is an album by bandleader, composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Columbia label as a 12-inch LP.Minn, MMaynard Ferguson Discographyaccessed Oct ...

'' (Columbia, 1954) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1955) * ''

New Sounds by Pete Rugolo ''New Sounds by Pete Rugolo'' is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo, featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 for Columbia Records and first released on the budget Harmony label in 1957.Minn, MMaynard Ferguson Disco ...

'' (

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, 1954–1955

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As arranger

With

Herb Alpert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the ...

& the Tijuana Brass *''

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'' (A&M, 1968) *'' Warm'' (A&M, 1969) With

Ernie Andrews Ernest Mitchell Andrews Jr. (December 25, 1927 – February 21, 2022) was an American jazz, blues, and pop singer. Life and career Andrews was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Los Angeles, and is said to have been discovered by ...

*''Soul Proprietor'' (Dot, 1968) With

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

*''

Chet Baker & Strings ''Chet Baker & Strings'' is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in late 1953 and early 1954 and released on the Columbia label.Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein ( '; April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 origi ...

*'' Baby the Rain Must Fall'' (Mainstream, 1965) With Les Brown and His Band of Renown *''The Young Beat'' (Capitol, 1963) With

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*''The Jazz Excursion Into "Hair"'' (Pacific Jazz, 1969) With

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. He started his career as a songwriter for Connie ...

*''

You're the Reason I'm Living "You're the Reason I'm Living"" is a 1963 single written and performed by Bobby Darin, from his album of the same name. Musicians on the recording session included drummer Earl Palmer. Chart performance The single was very successful spending 2 ...

'' (Capitol, 1963) *''

Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile ''Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile'' is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1966. It included all the Oscar nominated songs from 1966. It was his first album on the Atlantic label after leaving Capitol Records. ''Bobby ...

'' (Atlantic, 1966) With Frances Faye *''You Gotta Go! Go! Go!'' (Regina, 1964) With

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*''

Ode to Billie Joe "Ode to Billie Joe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released by Capitol Records in July 1967, and later used as the title-track of her debut album. Five weeks after its release, the song topped '' Billboard's'' Pop sin ...

'' (Capitol, 1967) *'' Local Gentry'' (Capitol, 1968) *''

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'' (Capitol, 1968) With

Terry Gibbs Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko; October 13, 1924) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader. He has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson,Theroux, Gary"Gibbs, Terry".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. R ...

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'' (Dot, 1966) With

Jerry Goldsmith Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer and conductor known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed scores for five films in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and three in the ''Rambo'' franc ...

*''

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'' (Mainstream, 1966) With

Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this series includ ...

*''

Alma-Ville ''Alma-Ville'' is the 12th and final studio album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, released in the U.S. by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in December 1969. Background Vince Guaraldi's final three albums released during his lifetime were record ...

'' ( Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969) With

Lena Horne Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of th ...

*''

Lena Like Latin ''Lena Like Latin'' ( ''Lena Goes Latin'') is a 1963 studio album by Lena Horne, arranged by Shorty Rogers and Marty Paich. Recorded in Hollywood in July 1963 and released in the summer of 1963 on the Chater label. The album was reissued on CD in ...

'' (CRC Charter, 1963) With

Helen Humes Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American singer. Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song. Early life She was born on ...

*''Midsummer Night's Songs'' (RCA, 1974) with

and His Orchestra With Dean Jones *''Introducing Dean Jones'' (Valiant, 1963) with

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*''You Gave Me a Mountain'' (ABC, 1969) With

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...

*'' In Love Again!'' (Capitol, 1964) *'' Pass Me By'' (Capitol, 1965) With

Harvey Mandel Harvey Mandel (born March 11, 1945) is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career. Early life Mandel was born in Detroit, Michigan, ...

* ''Righteous'' (Philips, 1969) * ''Baby Batter'' (Janus, 1971) With Shelly Manne *'' The West Coast Sound'' (Contemporary, 1955) *'' My Son the Jazz Drummer!'' (Contemporary, 1962) With

Carmen McRae Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpre ...

*'' The Sound of Silence'' (Atlantic, 1968) *'' Portrait of Carmen'' (Atlantic, 1968) With

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"/" Goin' Down" (Colgems, 1967) *" D. W. Washburn"/"It's Nice to Be with You" (Colgems, 1968) *'' The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees'' (Colgems, 1968) *''

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'' (Colgems, 1969) With

Michael Nesmith Robert Michael Nesmith or Mike Nesmith, (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series ''The Monkees'' (1966� ...

*''

The Wichita Train Whistle Sings ''The Wichita Train Whistle Sings'' is the ''de facto'' first solo album by Michael Nesmith, although the artist credited on the initial release is actually "The Wichita Train Whistle". It was recorded while Nesmith was still a member of the Mo ...

'' (Dot, 1968) With

Jack Nitzsche Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( '; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He first came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spe ...

* ''Heart Beat'' (Soundtrack) (Capitol, 1980) With

Buddy Rich Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, ...

*'' Big Swing Face'', Pacific Jazz, 1967) *'' Buddy & Soul'' (World Pacific, 1969) With

Bud Shank Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and thro ...

*'' A Spoonful of Jazz'' (World Pacific, 1967) With

Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for " The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an ...

*''

Comin' Home Baby! ''Comin' Home Baby!'' is a 1962 studio album by Mel Tormé. Track listing # " Comin' Home Baby!" (Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker) – 2:41 # " Dat Dere" ( Oscar Brown, Jr., Bobby Timmons) – 2:58 # "The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loe ...

'' (Atlantic, 1962)

References

External links

Shorty Rogers biography

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Biography

Discography

As leader

As sideman

As arranger

See also

References

External links