Shorty Rogers - Courts The Count (1954) [2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000] CD-Rip

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".

Tracks:

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

Personnel:

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