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Cool Cat, (subtitled Chet Baker Plays, Chet Baker Sings) is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Dutch Timeless label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Steve Loewy of AllMusic states, "The tunes are just a tad different than usual, so Baker was forced to suspend his autopilot and dig in. Only partially satisfying, there are nonetheless enough worthwhile moments to recommend this one".

Track listing

"Swift Shifting" (Harold Danko) – 7:25
"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 10:19
"Caravelle" (Jon Burr) – 5:53
"For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:13
"Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:32
"My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 7:41

Personnel

Chet Baker – trumpet, vocals
Harold Danko – piano
Jon Burr – bass
Ben Riley – drums

References

Timeless Records album entry accessed May 22, 2017
Jazzlists: Timeless Records SJP series discography accessed May 22, 2017
Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 22, 2017
Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 22, 2017
^ Loewy, Steve. Cool Cat – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2017.

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Discography
Pacific Jazz	Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953) Grey December (1953) West Coast Live (1953-54 ) Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954) The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (1954) Chet Baker Sings (1954) Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1955) Chet Baker in Europe (1955) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Playboys (1956) Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (1956) Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (1956 ) Embraceable You (1957) Pretty/Groovy (1953-1957 ) A Taste of Tequila (1966) Hats Off (1966) Quietly There (1966) Double-Shot (1966) Into My Life (1966) In the Mood (1966)
Riverside/Jazzland	(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958) Chet Baker in New York (1958) Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace (1958) Chet (1959) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) Chet Baker in Milan (1959) Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1959)
Prestige	Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965)
Enja	Oh You Crazy Moon (1978 ) Peace (1982) Strollin' (1985)
Other labels	Witch Doctor (1953) Chet Baker & Strings (1954) Stan Meets Chet (1958) Chet Is Back! (1962) The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964) Baker's Holiday (1965) Baby Breeze (1965) Double-Shot (1966) Albert's House (1969) Blood, Chet and Tears (1970) In Concert (with Lee Konitz, 1974 ) She Was Too Good to Me (1974) Once Upon a Summertime (1977 ) You Can't Go Home Again (1977) The Best Thing for You (1977 ) Live at Nick's (1978 ) Ballads for Two (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979) The Touch of Your Lips (1979) All Blues (with Rachel Gould) (1979) Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979 ) Daybreak (1979 ) Rendez-Vous (1979 ) No Problem (1979 ) This Is Always (1979 ) Someday My Prince Will Come (1979 ) Studio Trieste (1982) Out of Nowhere (1982 ) Crystal Bells (1983) Line for Lyons (with Stan Getz) (1983) Everything Happens to Me (with Kirk Lightsey) (1983 ) At Capolinea (1983 ) Mr. B (1983 ) The Improviser (1983 ) Diane (1985) Chet's Choice (1985) Candy (1985) Blues for a Reason (1985) Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma (1985) Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker (1985 ) There'll Never Be Another You (with Philip Catherine) (1985 ) Chet Baker Sings Again (1985 ) As Time Goes By (1986) When Sunny Gets Blue (1986) Cool Cat (1986 ) Chet Baker in Tokyo (1987)
As sideman	Reunion with Chet Baker (with Gerry Mulligan, 1957) A Sign of the Times (with Joe Pass, 1965) Carnegie Hall Concert (with Gerry Mulligan, 1974 ) Silence (with Charlie Haden, 1987)
Compositions	"Freeway" "Chetty's Lullaby" "Motivo su raggio di luna" "So che ti perderò" "Il mio domani"
As actor	Hell's Horizon (1955) Howlers in the Dock (1960)
Films	Let's Get Lost (1988) Born to Be Blue (2015)
Scores	Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959)
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