Chances Are It Swings

Chances Are It Swings
Studio album by
Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra Featuring the Giants
Released1959
RecordedDecember 9, 12 & 20, 1958
Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length36:47
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerDick Peirce
Shorty Rogers chronology
Afro-Cuban Influence
(1958) 		Chances Are It Swings
(1959) 		The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs
(1959)

Chances Are It Swings is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing compositions by Robert Allen which was released on the RCA Victor label in 1959.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Robert Allen and Al Stillman except where noted.

  1. "Chances Are" - 3:19
  2. "No Such Luck" - 2:19
  3. "It's Not For Me To Say" - 4:38
  4. "Lilac Chiffon" (Robert Allen, Peter Lind Hayes) - 4:01
  5. "I Just Don't Know" (Robert Allen, Joe Stone) - 4:27
  6. "Who Needs You?" - 2:58
  7. "Everybody Loves a Lover" (Robert Allen, Richard Adler) - 3:50
  8. "Come to Me" (Allen, Hayes) - 2:48
  9. "My Very Good Friend in the Looking Glass" - 3:33
  10. "You Know How It Is" - 3:22
  11. "A Very Special Love" (Allen) - 2:00
  12. "Teacher, Teacher" - 2:37

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed March 23, 2016
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
  3. ^ a b Chances Are It Swings – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.