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  1. All this history makes a pretty gripping story as it’s told by Art with his wife Laurie Pepper in their book, Straight Life (DaCapo). What’s surprising is that the music he managed to make during irregular bursts of freedom was enthralling, too.

  2. Milton " Shorty " Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) [1] was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.

  3. Jan 9, 2019 · About eighteen months after the final Miles Davis Capitol Records nonet session, the next chapter in the “Birth of the Cool Legacy” was written when trumpeter/composer/arranger Shorty Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; 1924-1994) recorded six tracks that were produced by Gene Norman.

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  4. Mar 10, 2019 · Shorty Rogers passed away in 1994 at the age of seventy. Thanks to the efforts of Jordi Pujol, who is based in Barcelona, Spain and who owns and operates Fresh Sound Records and a number of associated Jazz record labels, much of Shorty’s music has once again become “visible” in reissued CD formats.

  5. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 CD release of "Straight Life" on Discogs.

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  6. In this interview transcription from 1983 Shorty Rogers talks about life as a musician in California in the heyday of West Coast jazz, on studio work and the time it diverts from jazz playing for some top musicians, on his religious faith, and on the genius that was Art Pepper.

  7. Les Tomkins interviewed Shorty Rogers in 1983 on Rogers’ first playing visit to the UK. Rogers talked about his pleasure in having his arrangements played by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), his beginnings as a trumpeter and his experiences working with Red Norvo, Woody Herman and Stan Kenton.