title: Cool and Crazy
text: # Cool and Crazy
  
  Cool and Crazy is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers originally released by RCA Victor in 1953 as a 10-inch LP.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  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.
  
  * "Coop de Graas" - 2:58
  * "Infinity Promenade" - 3:36
  * "Short Stop" - 3:18
  * "Boar-Jibu" - 3:37
  * "Contours" - 3:21
  * "Tale of an African Lobster" - 3:26
  * "Chiquito Loco" - 3:28
  * "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 Bernhart, 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
  