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Jazz Waltz

Shorty Rogers & His Giants

SKU: PPANR9-6060

Barcode: 5060149622629

34.00 £34.00
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Pure Pleasure
  • Released Date: 19th January 2018
  • Buying Format:
    180g 1LP
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Shorty Rogers’ Jazz Waltz is exactly that, an exploration of ten compositions played in waltz settings. Only these big-band charts are hardly the waltzes heard on Lawrence Welk’s long-running television series. Rogers kicks off with a swinging number (“I’m Gonna Go Fishin'”) written by Duke Ellington for the soundtrack to the film Anatomy of a Murder and featuring the leader’s rich flügelhorn. The lyrical take of the centuries-old folk melody “Greensleeves” alternates between the tense rhythm section and Bud Shank’s gorgeous flute solo. Rogers’ delightful “Be as Children” almost sounds as if it was adapted from a gospel song. The brisk treatment of Ellington’s “Echoes of Harlem,” featuring Paul Horn on flute, is refreshing. Only Bobby Scott’s “A Taste of Honey” is the least bit disappointing, simply because this arrangement isn’t quite as adventurous as the rest of the album. Originally issued by Reprise in 1962 and out of print for decades. Ken Dryden/AMG

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Track Listings

Side A :
1. I’m Gonna Go Fishin’
2. Greensleeves
3. Walk On The Wild Side
4. Witchcraft
5. Be As Children

Side B:
1. Jazz Waltz
2. Echoes of Harlem
3. A Taste Of Honey
4. Terences’s Farewell
5. The Streets Of Laredo

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