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Cool and Crazy

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Released
  
1953

Length
  
26:25

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
RCA VictorLPM 3138

Recorded
  
March 26 and April 2, 1953

Studio
  
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA

Cool and Crazy is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers originally released on the RCA Victor label in 1953 as a 10-inch LP.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic noted "Rogers shows a deft hand throughout, managing to make his complex and varied material sound seamless and eminently swinging. ...A classic from the '50s big-band era".

Track listing

All compositions by Shorty Rogers.

  1. "Coop de Graas" - 2:58
  2. "Infinity Promenade" - 3:36
  3. "Short Stop" - 3:18
  4. "Boar-Jibu" - 3:37
  5. "Contours" - 3:21
  6. "Tale of an African Lobster" - 3:26
  7. "Chiquito Loco" - 3:28
  8. "The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud" - 2:41
  • Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 26, 1953 (tracks 1-4) and April 2, 1953 (tracks 5-8)

    • Personnel

  • Shorty Rogers - trumpet, arranger
  • Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, John Howell - trumpet
  • Milt Bernhardt, Harry Betts, John Halliburton - trombone
  • John Graas - French horn
  • Gene Englund - Tuba
  • Art Pepper - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Bud Shank - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Marty Paich - piano
  • Curtis Counce - bass
  • Shelly Manne - drums

    • References

    Cool and Crazy Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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