Shorty Rogers / Andre Previn Orchestra - Collaboration (1955) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 155 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 82 MB | Covers - 90 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Original Long Play/Membran Music (OLP #28, 223223-203)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 155 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 82 MB | Covers - 90 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Original Long Play/Membran Music (OLP #28, 223223-203)
For this slightly unusual LP 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. As performed by a nonet featuring Rogers' trumpet, Previn's piano, altoist Bud Shank, Bob Cooper on tenor, baritonist Jimmy Giuffre, trombonist Milt Bernhart and a rhythm section, the result is a dead heat with some fine swinging solos on tunes (and variations) of such songs as "It's DeLovely," "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" and "You Do Something To Me."