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Shorty Rogers
Milton "Shorty" Rogers, born Milton Rajonsky on April 14, 1924, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was a prominent American jazz musician known for his contributions to West Coast jazz. He was a skilled trumpet and flugelhorn player and an in-demand arranger. Rogers began his professional career with bands led by Will Bradley and Red Norvo. Between 1947 and 1949, he worked extensively with Woody Herman, and from 1950 to 1951, he played with Stan Kenton.

In 1953, Rogers performed at the ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert in Los Angeles with his orchestra, sharing the stage with notable artists like Louis Armstrong and Nat "King" Cole. Throughout the 1950s, he recorded several albums for RCA Victor and Atlantic Records, including "Shorty Courts the Count" and "The Swinging Mr. Rogers." His music often blended cool jazz with influences from Count Basie's "hot" style.

Rogers also composed music for films and cartoons, notably scoring the Friz Freleng cartoon "Three Little Bops" and the MGM film "Tarzan, the Ape Man." He continued to influence the jazz scene until his death from melanoma on November 7, 1994, in Van Nuys, California, at the age of 70.
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