Chances Are It Swings

Chances Are It Swings
Chances Are It Swings
Studio album by Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra Featuring the Giants
Released	1959
Recorded	December 9, 12 & 20, 1958 ; Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:47
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Dick Peirce
Shorty Rogers chronology

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.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.^[3]

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

References

^ Discogs album entry accessed March 23, 2016
^ Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016
^ ^a ^b Chances Are It Swings – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Discogs album entry accessed March 23, 2016

[2] Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 23, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Chances Are It Swings – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1230. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54) Cool and Crazy (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55) Collaboration (1954) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Martians Come Back! (1955) Martians Stay Home (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955) Way Up There (1955) Portrait of Shorty (1957) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957) Afro-Cuban Influence (1958) Chances Are It Swings (1958) Gigi in Jazz (1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960) An Invisible Orchard (1961) The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961) Bossa Nova (1962) Jazz Waltz (1962) Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962) Gospel Mission (1963) Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963) California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985)
With Stan Kenton	Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53) The Kenton Era (1950–51) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
With Pete Rugolo	Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954) Adventures in Rhythm (1954) Rugolomania (1954–55) New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
Sideman with others	Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53) Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55) Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55) The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)
Soundtracks	The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959) Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965) Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966) Heart Beat (1979)
Arranger	Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966) Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967) Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966) Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963) In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963) Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965) The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962) Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967) The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68) The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968) Big Swing Face, 1967) Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969) A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967) Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962)
Arranger for The Monkees	The Monkees Present (1966–69) "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967) "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968) The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1967–68)