Collaboration is an album by jazz trumpeter Shorty Rogers and pianist André Previn, released by RCA Victor in 1955.
Contents
Reception
Billboard in 1955 praised the sidemen and added: "The boys turn out some mighty listenable jazz and both Rogers and Previn wear their arranging laurels proudly." AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow observed: "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. ...the result is a dead heat with some fine swinging solos".
Track listing
All compositions by André Previn, except where indicated.
"It's De-Lovely" (Cole Porter) - 2:28
"Porterhouse" - 2:47
"Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 2:38
"40 Degrees Below" - 2:42
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:27
"Claudia" - 3:25*
"You Do Something to Me" (Porter) - 3:07
"Call for Cole" (Shorty Rogers) - 2:18
"Everything I've Got (Belongs to You)" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:37
"Some Antics" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:23
"It Only Happens When I Dance with You" (Berlin) - 3:02
"General Cluster" (Shorty Rogers) - 3:00
Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 30, 1954 (tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11), June 14, 1954 (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12) and September 14, 1954 (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8)
Written upon the birth of Previn's first child, daughter Claudia Previn, and dedicated "to Claudia"
Personnel
Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
André Previn - piano, arranger
Milt Bernhart - trombone
Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute
Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Giuffre - baritone saxophone
Al Hendrickson (tracks 3–6 & 9–12), Jack Marshall (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8) - guitar
Curtis Counce (tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12), Joe Mondragon (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9 & 11) - bass
Shelly Manne - drums