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.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 Robert Allen and Al Stillman except where noted. "Chances Are" - 3:19 "No Such Luck" - 2:19 "It's Not For Me To Say" - 4:38 "Lilac Chiffon" (Robert Allen, Peter Lind Hayes) - 4:01 "I Just Don't Know" (Robert Allen, Joe Stone) - 4:27 "Who Needs You?" - 2:58 "Everybody Loves a Lover" (Robert Allen, Richard Adler) - 3:50 "Come to Me" (Allen, Hayes) - 2:48 "My Very Good Friend in the Looking Glass" - 3:33 "You Know How It Is" - 3:22 "A Very Special Love" (Allen) - 2:00 "Teacher, Teacher" - 2:37
Personnel Shorty Rogers - trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Ollie Mitchell, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari - trumpet Harry Betts, Dick Nash, Ken Shroyer - trombone Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone Paul Horn, Bud Shank - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone Chuck Gentry - baritone saxophone Gene Estes - vibraphone Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts - guitar Pete Jolly - piano Joe Mondragon - bass Mel Lewis - drums
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