Shorty Rogers

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Shorty Rogers
Background information
Birth nameMilton Rajonsky
Born(1924-04-14)April 14, 1924
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 7, 1994(1994-11-07) (aged 70)
Van Nuys, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • arranger
Instrument(s)
  • Trumpet
  • flugelhorn
Years active1944–1994
Labels

Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994)[1] was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.

Biography

Rogers was born as Milton Rajonsky in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States.[1] He worked first as a professional musician with Will Bradley and Red Norvo.[2] From 1947 to 1949, he worked extensively with Woody Herman and in 1950 and 1951 he played with Stan Kenton.[1]

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

Leon Hefflin, Sr. Also featured that day were Roy Brown and his Orchestra, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, Nat "King" Cole, and Louis Armstrong and his All Stars with Velma Middleton.[3]

From 1953 through 1962, Rogers recorded a series of albums for

MGM film Tarzan, the Ape Man two years later. His other film work included the scores to Fools (1970), The Teacher (1974), The Specialist (1975), Dr. Minx (1975) and The Return of the Mod Squad
(1979).

Rogers died of melanoma on November 7, 1994, in Van Nuys, California, at the age of 70.[1]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Elmer Bernstein

With Teddy Charles

With Jimmy Giuffre

With Stan Kenton

With Eartha Kitt

  • St. Louis Blues (RCA Victor, 1958)

With

Perez Prado

  • Voodoo Suite (RCA Victor, 1955)

With Pete Rugolo

As arranger

With Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

With Ernie Andrews

  • Soul Proprietor (Dot, 1968)

With Chet Baker

With Elmer Bernstein

With Les Brown and His Band of Renown

  • The Young Beat (Capitol, 1963)

With Bobby Bryant

  • The Jazz Excursion Into "Hair" (Pacific Jazz, 1969)

With Bobby Darin

With Frances Faye

  • You Gotta Go! Go! Go! (Regina, 1964)

With Bobbie Gentry

With Terry Gibbs

With Jerry Goldsmith

With Vince Guaraldi

With Lena Horne

With Helen Humes

  • Midsummer Night's Songs (RCA, 1974) with Red Norvo and His Orchestra

With Dean Jones

  • Introducing Dean Jones (Valiant, 1963)

with Frankie Laine

  • You Gave Me a Mountain (ABC, 1969)

With Peggy Lee

With Harvey Mandel

  • Righteous (Philips, 1969)
  • Baby Batter (Janus, 1971)

With Shelly Manne

With Carmen McRae

With The Monkees

With Michael Nesmith

With Jack Nitzsche

With Buddy Rich

  • Big Swing Face
    , Pacific Jazz, 1967)
  • Buddy & Soul (World Pacific, 1969)

With Bud Shank

With Mel Tormé

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Shorty Rogers, 70, Jazz Trumpeter". The New York Times. 9 November 1994.
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ “More Big Names in Cavalcade” Article, Los Angeles Sentinel, May 21, 1953.
  4. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Shorty Rogers: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  5. ISSN 0006-2510
    .

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