Gigi in Jazz is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing jazz adaptations of songs composed by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner for the film Gigi which was released by RCA Victor in 1958.Discogs album entry accessed March 23, 2016Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography accessed March 23, 2016
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.
Track listing All compositions by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner.
"The Night They Invented Champagne" - 4:04 "I Remember It Well" - 5:00 "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" - 3:32 "She's Not Thinking of Me" - 6:05 "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" - 4:50 "It's a Bore" - 4:54 "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - 3:49 "Gigi" - 4:33
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on January 27, 1958 (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7) and January 30, 1958 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8)
Personnel Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger Bill Holman - tenor saxophone Pete Jolly - piano Larry Bunker - vibraphone Buddy Clark (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8), Ralph Peña (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7) - bass Mel Lewis - drums
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