Shorty Rogers is definitely way up there with this classic album for Atlantic Records – hitting heights that even go beyond his more famous s
ides for RCA! The groove here is sharp, but also has room for lots
of individual flavors too – thanks to different groupings
of west coast players who include Bud Shank on alto, Jimmy Giuffre on baritone and tenor, Lou Levy on piano, Shelly Manne on drums, Barney Kessel on guitar, and Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Harry Edison, and Don Fagerquist on trumpets! Shorty himself wrote nearly all the tracks on the set – at a point at which he was really hitting his stride as a composer, doing an incredible job
of mixing modern ideas and swinging jazz – as you'll hear on cuts that include "Pixieland", "Solarization", "Baklava Bridge", "
March Of The Martians", "Moten Swing", and "Wail
Of Two Cities".