Collaboration (Shorty Rogers and André Previn album)

Collaboration
Studio album by Shorty Rogers and André Previn
Released	1955
Recorded	March 30, June 14 and September 14, 1954 RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:54
Label	RCA Victor LJM 1018
Shorty Rogers chronology
Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Collaboration (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955)
André Previn chronology
André Previn Plays Gershwin (1953) Collaboration (1955) Double Play! (1957)

Collaboration is an album by American jazz trumpeter Shorty Rogers and German pianist André Previn released on the RCA Victor label in 1955.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic noted "Shorty Rogers and Andre Previn split the arranging chores in a somewhat competitive fashion. Rogers arranges a standard and then that is followed by a Previn original based on the same chord structure. This procedure is followed until the halfway point of the date when they reverse roles. ...the result is a dead heat with some fine swinging solos".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by André Previn except as indicated

1. "It's De-Lovely" (Cole Porter) - 2:28
2. "Porterhouse" - 2:47
3. "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 2:38
4. "40 Degrees Below" - 2:42
5. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:27
6. "Claudia" - 3:25
7. "You Do Something to Me" (Porter) - 3:07
8. "Call for Cole" (Shorty Rogers) - 2:18
9. "Everything I've Got (Belongs to You)" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:37
10. "Some Antics" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:23
11. "It Only Happens When I Dance with You" (Berlin) - 3:02
12. "General Cluster" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:00

• Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 30, 1954 (tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11), June 14, 1954 (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12) and September 14, 1954 (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)

Personnel

• Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
• André Previn - piano, arranger
• Milt Bernhardt - trombone
• Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute
• Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Giuffre - baritone saxophone
• Al Hendrickson (tracks 3-6 & 9-12), Jack Marshall (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8) - guitar
• Curtis Counce (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12), Joe Mondragon (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-9 & 11) - bass
• Shelly Manne - drums

References

1. Discogs album entry accessed March 22, 2016
2. Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography accessed March 23, 2016
3. Yanow, Scott. Collaboration – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.