Shorty & Doc

Shorty & Doc
Studio album by Shorty Baker and Doc Cheatham
Released	1961
Recorded	January 17, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:05
Label	Swingville SVLP 2021
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Shorty Baker chronology
The Bud Freeman All-Stars featuring Shorty Baker (1960) Shorty & Doc (1961)

Shorty & Doc is an album by trumpeters Shorty Baker and Doc Cheatham recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Swingville label.^[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Scott Yanow stated "The results of this meeting are generally quite friendly rather than combative with Cheatham's Dixielandish phrasing sounding slightly old-fashioned next to Baker. They perform appealing swing-oriented material and sound fine in their many tradeoffs".^[4]

Track listing

1. "Chitlin's" (Esmond Edwards) – 10:55
2. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:13
3. "Baker's Dozen" (Shorty Baker) – 4:53
4. "Good Queen Bess" (Johnny Hodges) – 7:38
5. "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest) – 6:39
6. "Lullabye in Rhythm" (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Clarence Profit, Walter Hirsch) – 7:35

Personnel

• Shorty Baker, Doc Cheatham – trumpet
• Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
• Wendell Marshall – bass
• J. C. Heard – drums

References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed May 8, 2019
2. Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series, accessed May 8, 2019
3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harold "Shorty" Baker, accessed May 8, 2019
4. Yanow, Scott. Shorty Baker: Shorty & Doc – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
5. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.