Shorty Rogers And His Orchestra - West Coast Sound: featuring The Giants 1950-1956 (2 CD, 2006/FLAC)

 Contains 5 albums and 1 EP on 2 CDs:

• "Modern Sounds" (Capitol)
• "Shorty Rogers and his Giants" (RCA)
• "Cool and Crazy" (RCA)
• "Hot Blood EP" (RCA)
• "Shorty Rogers Courts the Count" (RCA)
• "The Big Shorty Rogers Express" (RCA)

Shorty Rogers - Creative West Coast Swing Featuring Art Pepper, Shelly Manne (1951-54) [4 CD, 2005]

 

Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.