Martians Stay Home
Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Released	1980
Recorded	March 1, October 21 and November 3, 1955
Studio	Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:07
Label	Atlantic K 50714
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
Shorty Rogers chronology
The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955) Martians Stay Home (1980) Martians Come Back! (1955)

Martians Stay Home is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, featuring previously unreleased recordings from the 1955 sessions which produced The Swinging Mr. Rogers and Martians Come Back!, and first released on the Atlantic label in 1980.^[1]

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Allmusic	[2]

Michael G. Nastos on Allmusic wrote: "These are nice groups with Rogers's sensitive trumpet leading in a non-threatening, mainstream groove."^[2]

All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

1. "Loaded" (Bernie Miller) - 6:40
2. "Martians Stay Home" - 6:33
3. "The Lady in Red" (Allie Wrubel, Mort Dixon) - 6:01
4. "Amber Leaves" - 4:13
5. "Bill" - 3:04
6. "Barbaro" - 4:35
7. "Peals" - 5:09
8. "12th Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman, Andy Razaf) - 4:46
9. "Easy" - 4:24

• Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 1, 1955 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), October 21, 1955 (track 6) and November 3, 1955 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)

• Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Pete Jolly (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), Lou Levy (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 9) - piano
• Curtis Counce (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), Ralph Pena (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 9) - bass
• Shelly Manne - drums