Artist: Shorty Rogers And His Giants
"Shorty Rogers and His Giants" was the name of a jazz group led by Shorty Rogers, a leading West Coast trumpeter and arranger. It was a band that dominated the cool jazz scene of the early 1950s, and it is also the name of one of their most famous albums. Featuring unusual instruments like the French horn and tuba, the group's sophisticated sound has been compared to Miles Davis' "Birth of the Cool."
