Shorty Rogers

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Biography

Shorty Rogers began as a bugler with the Furriers Post of Jewish War Veterans Boy Scout drum and bugle corps in The Bronx, New York. He played with a number of big bands in the late 1940s, and arranged for 'Woody Herman' , while continuing to arrange and perform many pop and jazz recordings. He died during the KLON West Coast Jazz Festival.

  • Primary profession
  • Composer·music_department·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 14 April 1924
  • Place of birth
  • Berkshire County· Massachusetts
  • Death date
  • 1994-11-07
  • Death age
  • 70
  • Place of death
  • Van Nuys
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Education
  • Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

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Jazz and big band trumpeter.

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1989.

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