Shorty Rogers
USA
Born: 14 April 1924
Died: 07 November 1994
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: Cool, West Coast Jazz, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Bop, Swing, Big Band/Swing, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cuban Jazz, Big Band, Bossa Nova, Latin America
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A fine middle-register trumpeter whose style seemed to practically define "cool jazz," Shorty Rogers was actually more significant for his arranging, both in jazz and in the movie studios. After gaining early experience with Will Bradley and Red Norvo and serving in the military, Rogers rose to fame as a member of Woody Herman's First and Second Herds (1945-1946 and 1947-1949), and somehow he managed to bring some swing to the Stan Kenton Innovations Orchestra (1950-1951), clearly enjoying writing for the stratospheric flights of Maynard Fergus...
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