Shorty Rogers - Chances Are It Swings
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Artist: Shorty RogersEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1999-12-28
Music Label: Bmg Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Chances Are
- No Such Luck
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Lilac Chiffon
- I Just Don't Know
- Who Needs You
- Everybody Loves a Lover
- Come to Me
- My Very Good Friend in the Looking Glass
- You Know How It Is
- Very Special Love
- Teacher, Teacher
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Free Music Review: Sophisticated and swinging
Hit: 4 Stars
Robert Allen was a mildly successful songwriter in the 1950s (CHANCES ARE, EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER, HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY, and TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU are probably his best known songs), and this album showcases some of Allen's compositions as well as Shorty Rogers's arranging skills in a big band setting. Allen was a jazz pianist before turning to songwriting, and many of his tunes have a sophisticated, swinging basis to them. Shorty's arrangements lean more toward the pop field than hardcore jazz, evidenced by the fact that soloists, though present on every tune, are limited in what they can do and rarely, if ever, drink more than 8 measures at a pop. Shorty, Bob Enevoldsen, Bud Shank, Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, and Pete Jolly among many other top-notch West Coast studio musicians and jazz stars all contribute fine solos - one just wishes for more. WHO NEEDS YOU is an up-tempo swinger that really cooks; YOU KNOW HOW IT IS starts off the same fiery way in the theme statement, then slows down by half to a medium groove. Most of the tunes are taken at medium tempo and seem perfect vehicles for rolling up the carpet and taking a turn or two with your partner: the album is very danceable in a way that many modern-mainstream big band records were in the `50s. Sophistication plus - that's how I view this recording. Nice!
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Reissue of the Original Album. Part of Living Stereo Series.Jazz Music CDs
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