2010 September 14 — Something Else! Reviews

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/ September 14, 2010 6:49 pm

One Track Mind: Shorty Rogers and His Giants, “Martians Go Home” (1955)

by Nick DeRiso A canny mixture of an old-school swinging style with the then-new cool sound, even if its name sounds like a goof. Shorty Rogers, who’d first garnered attention as part of bands led by Woody Herman (both the first and second Herds) and then Stan Kenton, had a way of confounding expectations. Born Milton Rajonsky in 1924, Rogers [...]

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