Blue Moon, in its Masters Series, issued in chronological order the recordings of an important period in the musical career of certain outstanding artists. The CDs contains only the master takes of the originally issued records, and therefore all alternate takes have not been included in order to offer the collector those that were considered to be the definitive performances.
Tracklist
01. Powder Puff (Shorty Rogers) 2:49
02. The Pesky Serpent (Jimmy Giuffre) 2:38
03. Bunny (Shorty Rogers) 3:26
04. Pirouette (Shorty Rogers) 3:10
05. Morpho (Shorty Rogers) 3:27
06. Diablo's Dance (Shorty Rogers) 3:17
07. Mambo Del Crow (Shorty Rogers) 3:02
08. Indian Club (Jimmy Giuffre) 2:36
09. Hip Boots (Boots Brown a.k.a. Shorty Rogers) 2:53
10. Blue Fairy Boogie (Boots Brown a.k.a. Shorty Rogers) 2:54
11. Double Clutch (Boots Brown a.k.a. Shorty Rogers) 3:15
12. Breakfast Ball (Boots Brown a.k.a. Shorty Rogers) 2:24
13. Mallets (Shorty Rogers) 3:28
14. You And The Night And The Music (Dietz-Schwartz) 3:12
15. La Mucura (Traditional) 3:04
16. Gazelle (Bill Russo) 3:01
17. You're My Thrill (Washington-Lane) 3:06
18. Fugue (Jimmy Giuffre) 2:46
19. Afrodesia (Shorty Rogers) 3:31
20. Sweets (Bill Russo) 2:54
Album details
Total time: 61:30 min.
Personnel:
Tracks #1-4: Shorty Rogers And His Giants
Shorty Rogers (tp), Milt Bernhart (tb), Art Pepper (as), Jimmy Giuffre (ts), John Graas (Frh), Gene Englund (tuba), Hampton Hawes (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Los Angeles, January 12, 1953
Tracks #5-8: Same personnel
Recorded in Los Angeles, January 15, 1953
Tracks #9-12: All Stars
Shorty Rogers [as Boots Brown] (tp), Bud Shank (as), Jimmy Giuffre, Dave Pell (ts), Bob Cooper (bs), Frank Patchen (p), Howard Rumsey (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Recorded in Los Angeles, February 3, 1953
Tracks #13-16: Shelly Manne And His Men
Art Pepper (as), Bob Cooper (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Marty Paich (p), Curtis Counce (b), Shelly Manne (d), Shorty Rogers, Bill Russo (arr).
Recorded in Los Angeles, April 6, 1953
Tracks #17-20: Shelly Manne And His Men
Bob Enevoldsen (tb), Bud Shank (as), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Marty Paich (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d), Jimmy Giuffre, Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers, Bill Russo (arr).
Recorded in Los Angeles, July 20, 1953
This compilation produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol & J.G. Calvados
Liner notes translation: Mike Baillie
© 1995 by Blue Moon
Mono · Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas, S.L.
