Album · 1956
Tracklist
A1 Blue Express
A2 Pink Squirrel
A3 Coop De Graas
A4 Infinity Promenade
A5 Short Stop
A6 Boar-Jibu
B1 Pay The Piper
B2 Home With Sweets
B3 Tale Of An African Lobster
B4 Contours
B5 Chiquito Loco
B6 Sweetheart Of Sigmund Freud
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Curtis Counce (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6), Ralph Pena* (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
Drums – Shelly Manne (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6), Stan Levey (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
French Horn – John Graas
Piano – Lou Levy (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Marty Paich (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6)
Saxophone [Alto] – Charlie Mariano (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
Saxophone [Alto], Saxophone [Baritone] – Bud Shank
Saxophone [Alto], Saxophone [Tenor], Saxophone [Baritone] – Art Pepper
Saxophone [Baritone] – Bob Cooper (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Bill Holman (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Jack Montrose (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
Saxophone [Tenor], Saxophone [Baritone] – Jimmy Giuffre
Trombone – Bob Enevoldsen (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Frank Rosolino (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), George Roberts (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Harry Betts (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6), John Halliburton (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6), Milt Bernhart
Trumpet – Conrad Gozzo (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6), Conte Candoli (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Harry Edison (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), John Howell (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6), Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli
Trumpet, Arranged By – Shorty Rogers
Tuba – Gene Englund (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6), Paul Sarmento (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
About this release
RCA Victor – LPM-1350
Tracks A3 to A6 recorded in Los Angeles, March 26, 1953.
Tracks B3 to B6 recorded in Los Angeles, April 2, 1953.
Tracks A1, A2, B1, B2 recorded in Los Angeles, July 5, 1956
Thanks to snobb for the addition