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Collaboration

Shorty Rogers

Recorded	Mar 30 & Sep 14, 1954
Label	RCA Victor
Released	1954
Personnel	11 credited players
Discogs	master 389745

The record

Giuffre, Shank, and Previn join forces here, Rogers doubling up bassists and guitarists for extra harmonic heft under his brass writing. The generosity shows -- every voice in the room gets room to speak.

Session personnel

Bud Shank — alto saxophone, flute
Jimmy Giuffre — baritone saxophone
Curtis Counce — bass
Joe Mondragon — bass
Shelly Manne — drums
Al Hendrickson — guitar
Jack Marshall — guitar
André Previn — piano
Bob Cooper — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Milt Bernhart — trombone
Shorty Rogers — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1955	RCA Victor · LJM-1018 — Vinyl, Album, Mono, LP earliest on file
1955	RCA Victor
1955	RCA Italiana · A10V 0025 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album
1955	RCA Victor · EJC-1018 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Album, EP, Mono · gatefold
1955	RCA Victor · LJM-1018 — Vinyl, Album, Mono, LP
1956	RCA Victor · LPM-1334 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1973	RCA Camden · RGP-1063(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1983	RCA · LJM-1018 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold Cover · gatefold
1983	RCA Victor · NL-45640 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold Cover · gatefold
1984	RCA · NL 89308 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1989	RCA · ND 74398 — CD, Album, Reissue
2007	Documents · 223223-203 — CD, Album, Mono, Digipack
—	RCA · RPL 3068 — Vinyl, Album, Mono, LP · laminated sleeve
—	RCA Victor · EPA-901 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP