Way Up There

Way Up There
Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Released	1957
Recorded	March 3, October 26, and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955 Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Atlantic LP 1270
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
Shorty Rogers chronology
Martians Stay Home (1955) Way Up There (1955) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957)

Way Up There is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in 1957.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except as indicated

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

Personnel

• Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist - trumpet (track 5)
• Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone (tracks 6 & 7)
• John Graas - French horn (tracks 6 & 7)
• Paul Sarmento - tuba (tracks 6 & 7)
• Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet (tracks 4 & 8)
• Bud Shank - alto saxophone (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
• Barney Kessel - guitar (tracks 1-3)
• Pete Jolly (tracks 1-4), Lou Levy (tracks 5-8) - piano
• Curtis Counce (track 4), Ralph Pena (tracks 5-8), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks 1-3) - bass
• Shelly Manne - drums

References

1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 8, 2015
2. Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography accessed March 23, 2016
3. Todd, Jim. Martians, Come Back!/Way Up There – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.