Collaboration (Shorty Rogers and André Previn album)

Collaboration
Studio album by Shorty Rogers and André Previn
Released	1955
Recorded	March 30, June 14 and September 14, 1954
Studio	RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:54
Label	RCA Victor LJM 1018
Shorty Rogers chronology
Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Collaboration (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955)
André Previn chronology
André Previn Plays Gershwin (1953) Collaboration (1955) Double Play! (1957)

Collaboration is an album by jazz trumpeter Shorty Rogers and pianist André Previn, released by RCA Victor in 1955.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Billboard in 1955 praised the sidemen and added: "The boys turn out some mighty listenable jazz and both Rogers and Previn wear their arranging laurels proudly."^[4] AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow observed: "Shorty Rogers and Andre Previn split the arranging chores in a somewhat competitive fashion. Rogers arranges a standard and then that is followed by a Previn original based on the same chord structure. This procedure is followed until the halfway point of the date when they reverse roles. ...the result is a dead heat with some fine swinging solos".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by André Previn, except where indicated.

1. "It's De-Lovely" (Cole Porter) - 2:28
2. "Porterhouse" - 2:47
3. "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 2:38
4. "40 Degrees Below" - 2:42
5. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:27
6. "Claudia" - 3:25*
7. "You Do Something to Me" (Porter) - 3:07
8. "Call for Cole" (Shorty Rogers) - 2:18
9. "Everything I've Got (Belongs to You)" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:37
10. "Some Antics" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:23
11. "It Only Happens When I Dance with You" (Berlin) - 3:02
12. "General Cluster" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:00

• Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 30, 1954 (tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11), June 14, 1954 (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12) and September 14, 1954 (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)
• Written upon the birth of Previn's first child, daughter Claudia Previn, and dedicated "to Claudia"^[5]

Personnel

• Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
• André Previn - piano, arranger
• Milt Bernhart - trombone
• Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute
• Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Giuffre - baritone saxophone
• Al Hendrickson (tracks 3-6 & 9-12), Jack Marshall (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8) - guitar
• Curtis Counce (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12), Joe Mondragon (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-9 & 11) - bass
• Shelly Manne - drums

References

1. Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
2. Yanow, Scott. Collaboration – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1232. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Vol. 67, no. 7. February 12, 1955. p. 36.
5. "Lullaby on the name of Claudia".