Artist: Shorty Rogers Title: Courts The Count (Mono) Year Of Release: 2014 Label: RCA / Sony Music Japan [SICP 4272] Genre: Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) | Mp3 Total Time: 39:32 Total Size: 566 MB | 194 MB (Scans) WebSite:
Reissue with latest remastering. Comes with liner notes. Shorty Rogers courts Count Basie – but he does so in a way that's definitely all his own! The material may have Basie roots, but the overall execution is Shorty at his early 50s best – in a way that makes the album one of his strongest for RCA at the time – and that's saying a heck of a lot, given the great run of records! The lineup is filled with well-chosen players who fall together wonderfully under Shorty's leadership – Buck Clayton, Pete Candoli, and Harry Edison on trumpets – and reed work from Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, and Bud Shank. The set swings with all the power of the Basie band, yet has all the wonderful arrangements we love from Rogers – and titles include "Basie Eyes", "Doggin Around", "Jump For Me", "Over & Out", and "Walk, Don't Run".
Tracklist:
01 - Jump For Me 02 - Topsy 03 - It's Sand, Man 04 - Basie Eyes 05 - Doggin' Around 06 - Down For Double 07 - Over And Out 08 - H & J 09 - Taps Miller 10 - Tickletoe 11 - Swingin' The Blues 12 - Walk, Don't Run
************************** Shorty Rogers - trumpet Harry Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Clyde Reasinger - trumpets John Graas - flugelhorn Paul Sarmento - tuba Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bob Enevoldsen - trombones Herb Geller, Bud Shank - alto sax Zoot Sims - tenor sax Marty Paich - piano Curtis Counce - bass Shelly Manne - drums