California Concert

California Concert
Live album by
Bud Shank and Shorty Rogers
Released1985
RecordedMay 19, 1985
VenueOrange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
GenreJazz
Length46:03
LabelContemporary
C 14012
ProducerRichard Bock
Bud Shank chronology
This Bud's for You...
(1985) 		California Concert
(1985) 		That Old Feeling
(1986)
Shorty Rogers chronology
Back Again
(1984) 		California Concert
(1985) 		America the Beautiful
(1991)

California Concert is a live album by saxophonist Bud Shank and flugelhornist Shorty Rogers recorded in 1985 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Scott Yanow wrote in a review for AllMusic: "While Shank had advanced as an improviser (developing a wider range of expression and playing with more intensity than previously), Rogers' cool-toned style was largely unchanged".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers, except where indicated.

  1. "It's Sand, Man!" (Ed Lewis) - 5:15
  2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 6:11
  3. "Kansas City Tango" - 5:28
  4. "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Charlie Parker) - 5:05
  5. "Echoes of Harlem" (Duke Ellington) - 9:18
  6. "Mia" - 4:56
  7. "Aurex" - 9:50

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed June 30, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. California Concert – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1281. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.