Album · 1987
Tracklist
A1 We're Off To See The Wizard
A2 Over The Rainbow
A3 The Jitterbug
A4 The Merry Land Of Oz
A5 If I Only Had A Brain
A6 Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead
A7 My Shining Hour
A8 Get Happy
B1 Blues In The Night
B2 Let's Fall In Love
B3 That Old Black Magic
B4 Viva Puente
B5 Moon Over Cuba
B6 Un Poco Loco
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Bud Shank
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Herb Geller
Baritone Saxophone – Chuck Gentry (tracks: B3 to B6)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Giuffre
Bass – Joe Mondragon
Drums – Mel Lewis
Guitar – Barney Kessel
Percussion – Carlos Vidal (tracks: B3 to B6), Mike Pacheco (tracks: B3 to B6), Modesto Duran (tracks: B3 to B6)
Piano – Pete Jolly
Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Bill Hood (tracks: B3 to B6)
Tenor Saxophone, Oboe – Bob Cooper (tracks: B3 to B6)
Trombone – Bob Enevoldsen, Frank Rosolino (tracks: B3 to B6), George Roberts (tracks: B3 to B6), Harry Betts, Ken Shroyer
Trumpet – Al Porcino, Buddy Childers (tracks: B3 to B6), Conte Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Ed Leddy (tracks: B3 to B6), Ray Triscari (tracks: B3 to B6)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Arranged By, Conductor – Shorty Rogers
Vibraphone, Percussion – Larry Bunker
About this release
RCA – NL 90 072 (Germany)
Recorded:
- Febrary 3 - 5, 1959 Tracks A3 to A7 (Shorty Rogers And His Orchestra Featuring The Giants)
- Febrary 10, 1959 Tracks A1, A2 (Same)
- February 1959 A8, B1 to B3 (Same)
- June 26, 1958 Tracks B4 to B6 (The Big Band Of Shorty Rogers)
Thanks to snobb for the addition