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Way Up There

1957 studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants

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Way Up There is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1957.

01Reception

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Jim Todd on Allmusic calls the album "a good overview of Rogers' work in the company of a who's who of West Coast jazz, playing arrangements for trumpet section and rhythm, quintet, and brass and winds with rhythm."

02Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Blues Way Up There" - 5:21
  2. "Moten Swing" (Benny Moten, Buster Moten) - 5:59
  3. "Blues Way Down There" - 4:15
  4. "Solarization" - 4:26
  5. "Pixieland" - 4:26
  6. "Wail of Two Cities" - 5:46
  7. "Baklava Bridge" - 5:27
  8. "March of the Martians" - 4:33
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 3 (track 4), October 26 (track 8), December 6 (track 5), December 9 (tracks 6 & 7) and December 16 (tracks 1-3), 1955

03Personnel

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