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

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
• Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Bud Shank
• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Art Pepper
• Baritone Saxophone – Bob Cooper (tracks: A3 to A6, B3 to B6)
• 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)
• Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Jack Montrose (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
• Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – 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)

Notes

Japanese RE.

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.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LPM-1350	Shorty Rogers And His Giants	The Big Shorty Rogers Express ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	RCA Victor	LPM-1350	US	1956
LPM-1350	Shorty Rogers And His Giants	The Big Shorty Rogers Express ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	RCA Victor	LPM-1350	Canada	1956
FXL 1 7234	Shorty Rogers	Blues Express ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	RCA	FXL 1 7234	France	Unknown
74321 18519 2	Shorty Rogers And His Giants	The Big Shorty Rogers Express ‎(CD, Album)	RCA Victor	74321 18519 2	Europe	1994
NL 89502	Shorty Rogers And His Giants	Vol. 3 - Blues Express ‎(LP, Album)	RCA	NL 89502	Europe	1985

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