Shorty Rogers Courts the Count

1954 studio album by Shorty Rogers

Shorty Rogers Courts the Count

Studio album by

Shorty Rogers

Released| 1954
Recorded| February 2 & 9 and March 3, 1954
Los Angeles, CA
Genre| Jazz
Length| 39:25
Label| RCA Victor
LJM 1004
Shorty Rogers chronology
| Cool and Crazy
(1953)  | Shorty Rogers Courts the Count
(1954)  | Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins
(1955)

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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]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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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* Shorty Rogers \- trumpet, arranger
* Pete Candoli (tracks 1 & 6-12), Harry Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Clyde Reasinger (tracks 2-5), - trumpet
* Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts \- trombone
* Bob Enevoldsen \- valve trombone
* John Graas \- French horn
* Paul Sarmento - tuba
* Jimmy Giuffre \- clarinet, tenor saxophone
* Herb Geller, Bud Shank \- alto saxophone
* Bob Cooper (tracks 2-5 & 8-12), Bill Holman (tracks 1, 6, 7 & 11), Zoot Sims (tracks 2-5, 8-10 & 12) - tenor saxophone
* Bob Gordon (tracks 1, 6, 7 & 11) - baritone saxophone
* Marty Paich \- piano
* Curtis Counce \- bass
* Shelly Manne \- drums

## 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.

* v
* t
* e

Shorty Rogers

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

leader

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)

With
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)

With
Pete
Rugolo|

* Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954)
* Adventures in Rhythm (1954)
* Rugolomania (1954–55)
* New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)

Sideman
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)

Soundtracks|

* 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)

Arranger|

* 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)

Arranger
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)

* v
* t
* e

Zoot Sims

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

leader

co-leader|

* The Brothers (and Stan Getz, 1949–52)
* Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
* The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956)
* Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
* Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
* Zoot! (1956)
* Locking Horns (and Joe Newman, 1957)
* Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
* Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods, 1959)
* Down Home (1960)
* Two Jims and Zoot/Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall, 1964)
* Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt, 1965)
* Waiting Game (1966)
* The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
* Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli, Buddy Rich, 1974)
* Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie, 1975)
* The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975)
* Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, 1975)
* Soprano Sax (1976)
* Hawthorne Nights (1976)
* If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles, 1977)
* For Lady Day (1978)
* Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles, 1979)
* The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson, 1979)
* Just Friends (and Harry Edison, 1980)
* Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper, 1981)

Recordings
with
Al Cohn|

* From A to...Z (1956)
* The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956)
* Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, 1957)
* The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff, 1957)
* Al and Zoot (1957)
* Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac, 1959)
* SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral, Steve Allen, 1959)
* Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
* You 'n' Me (1960)
* Either Way (1961)
* Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
* Body and Soul (1973)
* Motoring Along (1974)

With
Quincy
Jones|

* This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956)
* The Birth of a Band! (1959)
* Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1962)
* Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)

With
Gerry
Mulligan|

* California Concerts (1954)
* Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)
* Mainstream of Jazz (1956)
* The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957)
* The Concert Jazz Band (1960)
* Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)

With
others|

* Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
* Encounter! (Pepper Adams, 1968)
* Trigger Happy!/East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert/Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott, 1956)
* Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
* Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
* The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner, 1973)
* Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
* The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
* Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, 1961)
* Chris Connor (1956)
* The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960)
* Loose Blues (Bill Evans, 1962)
* The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
* South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
* Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett, 1967)
* The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins, 1956)
* Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton, 1953)
* The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
* The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
* Profiles (Gary McFarland, 1966)
* Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae, 1959)
* Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
* Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
* The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
* Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)
* Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)

* All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
* Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, 1974)
* Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
* Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin, Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
* Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith, 1952)
* Phoebe Snow (1974)
* Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
* Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan, 1958)
* The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
* Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
* The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
* At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)

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