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Shorty Rogers and His Giants

Shorty Rogers And His Giants

by Steven Cerra
August 27, 2025

Shorty Rogers--trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger--was born on April 14, 1924 and died November 7, 1994. Born Milton Rajonsky, Shorty was the biggest name in West Coast jazz. He studied in New York before going into the army, and on his discharge worked first with Woody Herman's First and Second Herds, and from there in the Stan Kenton ...

Shorty Rogers and His Giants: Portrait of Shorty

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 1999

This Portrait of Shorty is an unfinished portrait, of course, but no less pleasing because of it. Rogers called his big band “The Giants,” which is entirely appropriate, as he himself was widely recognized as one of the giants of the so–called West Coast school of “cool Jazz” that was born in the early ’50s and ...

Re-Entry

By Shorty Rogers and His Giants

Label: Skip Records (2)
Released: 1983
Track listing: The Goof And I; Powder Puff; For The Love Of Art; Short Stop; Not Really The Blues; The Girl Friend; Walk Don't Run; Bunny; Re-Entry;

Music From The Soundtrack Of "The Man With The Golden Arm" (A Film By Otto Preminger)

By Shorty Rogers and His Giants

Label: Vinyl Passion
Released: 1956
Track listing: Clark Street; Zosh; Frankie Machine; The Fix; Molly; Breakup; Sunday Morning; Desperation; Audition; The Cure; Finale;

Shorty Rogers And His Giants

By Shorty Rogers and His Giants

Label: RCA
Released: 1953
Track listing: Morpo; Bunny; Powder Puff; Mambo Del Crow; The Pesky Serpent; Diablo's Dance; Pirouette; Indian Club;

Modern Sounds

By Shorty Rogers and His Giants

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1952
Track listing: Popo; Over The Rainbow; Four Mothers; Didi; Sam And The Lady; Apropos;