Martians Come Back!

Martians Come Back! is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Atlantic label in August 1956.[1][2]

Martians Come Back!
Studio album by
Shorty Rogers and His Giants
ReleasedAugust 1956
RecordedOctober 26, November 3 and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955
Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length46:07
LabelAtlantic
LP 1232
ProducerNesuhi Ertegun
Shorty Rogers chronology
Martians Stay Home
(1955)		 Martians Come Back!
(1956)		 Way Up There
(1956)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Jim Todd on Allmusic calls the album "a good overview of Rogers' work in the company of a who's who of West Coast jazz, playing arrangements for trumpet section and rhythm, quintet, and brass and winds with rhythm."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

  1. "Martians Come Back" - 6:13
  2. "Astral Alley" - 4:35
  3. "Lotus Bud" - 4:56
  4. "Dickie's Dream" (Count Basie, Lester Young) - 5:33
  5. "Papouche" - 4:16
  6. "Serenade in Sweets" - 6:35
  7. "Planetarium" - 3:37
  8. "Chant of the Cosmos" - 6:15
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on October 26 (tracks 1 & 7), November 3 (tracks 3 & 5), December 6 (tracks 2 & 6), December 9 (track 8) and December 16 (track 4), 1955

Personnel

References
  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 8, 2015
  2. Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
  3. Todd, Jim. Martians, Come Back!/Way Up There – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
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