Shorty Rogers and His Giants

One Track Mind: Shorty Rogers and His Giants, "Martians Go Home" (1955)

Source: Something Else!
September 15, 2010

By Nick Deriso A canny mixture of an old-school swinging style with the then-new cool sound, even if its name sounds like a goof. Shorty Rogers, who'd first garnered attention as part of bands led by Woody Herman (both the first and second Herds) and then Stan Kenton, had a way of confounding expectations. Born Milton Rajonsky in 1924, Rogers was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz but got washed over by the confluence of hipsters that ...
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