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