Martians Stay Home
1980 studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Martians Stay Home | ||||
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Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
Released | 1980 | |||
Recorded | March 1, October 21 and November 3, 1955 | |||
Studio | Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 46:07 | |||
Label | Atlantic K 50714 | |||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
Shorty Rogers chronology | ||||
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Martians Stay Home is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, featuring previously unreleased recordings from the 1955 sessions which produced The Swinging Mr. Rogers and Martians Come Back!, and first released on the Atlantic label in 1980.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Michael G. Nastos on Allmusic wrote: "These are nice groups with Rogers's sensitive trumpet leading in a non-threatening, mainstream groove."[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.
- "Loaded" (Bernie Miller) - 6:40
- "Martians Stay Home" - 6:33
- "The Lady in Red" (Allie Wrubel, Mort Dixon) - 6:01
- "Amber Leaves" - 4:13
- "Bill" - 3:04
- "Barbaro" - 4:35
- "Peals" - 5:09
- "12th Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman, Andy Razaf) - 4:46
- "Easy" - 4:24
- Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 1, 1955 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), October 21, 1955 (track 6) and November 3, 1955 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
Personnel
- Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Pete Jolly (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), Lou Levy (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 9) - piano
- Curtis Counce (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), Ralph Pena (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 9) - bass
- Shelly Manne - drums
References
- ^ Atlantic Records Discography: 1955 accessed October 5, 2016
- ^ a b Nastos, Michael G.. Martians Stay Home – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- v
- t
- e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
leader
or
co-leader
- Modern Sounds (1951)
- Popo (1951)
- Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54)
- Cool and Crazy (1953)
- Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55)
- Collaboration (1954)
- Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
- Martians Come Back! (1955)
- Martians Stay Home (1955)
- The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955)
- Way Up There (1955)
- Portrait of Shorty (1957)
- Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957)
- Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957)
- Afro-Cuban Influence (1958)
- Chances Are It Swings (1958)
- Gigi in Jazz (1958)
- The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959)
- The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960)
- An Invisible Orchard (1961)
- The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961)
- Bossa Nova (1962)
- Jazz Waltz (1962)
- Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962)
- Gospel Mission (1963)
- Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963)
- California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985)
Stan
Kenton
- Innovations in Modern Music (1950)
- Stan Kenton Presents (1950)
- Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53)
- The Kenton Era (1950–51)
- The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
Pete
Rugolo
- Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954)
- Adventures in Rhythm (1954)
- Rugolomania (1954–55)
- New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
with
others
- Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53)
- Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55)
- Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55)
- The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955)
- Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959)
- Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965)
- Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966)
- Heart Beat (1979)
- Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968)
- Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
- You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63)
- Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966)
- Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967)
- Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968)
- The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968)
- Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966)
- Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963)
- In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963)
- Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965)
- The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55)
- My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962)
- Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967)
- The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68)
- The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968)
- Big Swing Face, 1967)
- Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969)
- A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967)
- Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962)
for
The
Monkees
- The Monkees Present (1966–69)
- "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967)
- "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968)
- The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1967–68)