Gigi in Jazz
| Gigi in Jazz | ||||
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| Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | January 27 & 30, 1958 Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:47 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Shorty Rogers chronology | ||||
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Gigi in Jazz is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing jazz adaptations of songs composed by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner for the film Gigi which was released by RCA Victor in 1958.[1][2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[3]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner.
- "The Night They Invented Champagne" - 4:04
- "I Remember It Well" - 5:00
- "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" - 3:32
- "She's Not Thinking of Me" - 6:05
- "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" - 4:50
- "It's a Bore" - 4:54
- "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - 3:49
- "Gigi" - 4:33
- Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on January 27, 1958 (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7) and January 30, 1958 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8)
Personnel
[edit]- Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger
- Bill Holman - tenor saxophone
- Pete Jolly - piano
- Larry Bunker - vibraphone
- Buddy Clark (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8), Ralph Peña (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7) - bass
- Mel Lewis - drums
References
[edit]- ^ Discogs album entry accessed March 23, 2016
- ^ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived August 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
- ^ a b Gigi in Jazz – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.