Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
Latest Release
- Jazz Architect - The Studio Sound of Shorty Rogers
- May 2025
- • 11 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Michele's Meditation | ||
| 2 | Oh Play That Thing | ||
| 3 | Baklava Bridge | ||
| 4 | Easy | ||
| 5 | Over the Rainbow |
Albums
Oct 2024 • 12 songs
Jul 2024 • 12 songs
May 2024 • 3 songs
Similar Artists
About
Biography
A fine middle-register trumpeter whose style seemed to practically define "cool jazz," Shorty Rogers was actually more significant for his arranging, both in jazz and in the movie studios. After gaining early experience with Will Bradley and Red Norvo and serving in the military, Rogers rose to fame as a member of Woody Herman's First and Second Herds (1945-1946 and 1947-1949), and somehow he managed to bring some swing to the Stan Kenton Innovations Orchestra (1950-1951), clearly enjoying writing for the stratospheric flights of Maynard Ferguson. After that association ran it...