# Way Up There > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Way_Up_There > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Way_Up_There.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_Up_There > Source revision: 1325936215 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1957 studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants Way Up There Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants Released 1957 Recorded March 3, October 26, and December 6, 9 & 16, 1955 Los Angeles, CA Genre Jazz Label Atlantic LP 1270 Producer Nesuhi Ertegun Shorty Rogers chronology Martians Come Back! (1955) Way Up There (1957) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957) ***Way Up There*** is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger [Shorty Rogers](/source/Shorty_Rogers), released on the [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) label in 1957.[1][2] ## Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3] Jim Todd on [Allmusic](/source/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. "Blues Way Up There" - 5:21 1. "[Moten Swing](/source/Moten_Swing)" ([Benny Moten](/source/Benny_Moten), Buster Moten) - 5:59 1. "Blues Way Down There" - 4:15 1. "Solarization" - 4:26 1. "Pixieland" - 4:26 1. "Wail of Two Cities" - 5:46 1. "Baklava Bridge" - 5:27 1. "March of the Martians" - 4:33 - Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 3 (track 4), October 26 (track 8), December 6 (track 5), December 9 (tracks 6 & 7) and December 16 (tracks 1–3), 1955 ## Personnel - [Shorty Rogers](/source/Shorty_Rogers) - [trumpet](/source/Trumpet), [flugelhorn](/source/Flugelhorn) - [Conte Candoli](/source/Conte_Candoli), [Pete Candoli](/source/Pete_Candoli), [Harry Edison](/source/Harry_Edison), [Don Fagerquist](/source/Don_Fagerquist) - trumpet (track 5) - [Bob Enevoldsen](/source/Bob_Enevoldsen) - [valve trombone](/source/Valve_trombone) (tracks 6 & 7) - [John Graas](/source/John_Graas) - [French horn](/source/French_horn) (tracks 6 & 7) - Paul Sarmento - [tuba](/source/Tuba) (tracks 6 & 7) - [Jimmy Giuffre](/source/Jimmy_Giuffre) - [clarinet](/source/Clarinet) (tracks 4 & 8) - [Bud Shank](/source/Bud_Shank) - [alto saxophone](/source/Alto_saxophone) (tracks 1–3, 6 & 7) - [Barney Kessel](/source/Barney_Kessel) - [guitar](/source/Jazz_guitar) (tracks 1–3) - [Pete Jolly](/source/Pete_Jolly) (tracks 1–4), [Lou Levy](/source/Lou_Levy_(pianist)) (tracks 5–8) - [piano](/source/Piano) - [Curtis Counce](/source/Curtis_Counce) (track 4), [Ralph Peña](/source/Ralph_Pe%C3%B1a_(musician)) (tracks 5–8), [Leroy Vinnegar](/source/Leroy_Vinnegar) (tracks 1–3) - [bass](/source/Double_bass) - [Shelly Manne](/source/Shelly_Manne) - [drums](/source/Drum_kit) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series](http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1200-series/#1270) accessed September 8, 2015 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography](https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/claudio-roditi/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160827143329/https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/claudio-roditi/) August 27, 2016, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) accessed March 23, 2016 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-1) Todd, Jim. [*Martians, Come Back!/Way Up There* – Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000668121) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved September 8, 2015. v t e Shorty Rogers Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As leader or co-leader Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54) Cool and Crazy (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55) Collaboration (1954) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Martians Come Back! (1955) Martians Stay Home (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955) Way Up There (1955) Portrait of Shorty (1957) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957) Afro-Cuban Influence (1958) Chances Are It Swings (1958) Gigi in Jazz (1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960) An Invisible Orchard (1961) The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961) Bossa Nova (1962) Jazz Waltz (1962) Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962) Gospel Mission (1963) Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963) California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985) With Stan Kenton Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53) The Kenton Era (1950–51) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51) With Pete Rugolo Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954) Adventures in Rhythm (1954) Rugolomania (1954–55) New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55) Sideman with others Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53) Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55) Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55) The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956) Soundtracks The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959) Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965) Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966) Heart Beat (1979) Arranger Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966) Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967) Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966) Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963) In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963) Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965) The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962) Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967) The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68) The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968) Big Swing Face, 1967) Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969) A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967) Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962) Arranger for The Monkees The Monkees Present (1966–69) "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967) "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968) The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees (1967–68) Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Way Up There](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_Up_There) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_Up_There?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.