Jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker was born in Yale, Oklahoma, in 1929. He rose to stardom in the 1950s with Gerry Mulligan's quartet and then as a bandleader, but encountered personal and professional difficulties after developing a heroin addiction. In 1988 Baker was in the midst of a late-career resurgence when he fell from an Amsterdam hotel window to his death. This is a 2CD set featuring his best known songs.
This 2-LP collection presents all of the music originally issued from Chet Bakers quartet studio sessions made for the Barclay label during his first European tour in 1955 and 1956. The very first ones feature the splendid pianist Dick Twardzik, who would die in Paris from a drug overdose at the age of 24 soon after the recordings were made. Chet continued touring Europe nevertheless, and before returning home he taped a few more sessions for Barclay, among them the two quartet dates also presented here. Chet is backed there mostly by European musicians, including pianists GĂ©rard Gustin and R... [Read More]
Beautifully packaged 3CD box set featuring six complete studio albums from jazz legend Chet Baker. Among the highlights are his three earliest vocal albums, as well as a session which pairs him with pianist Bill Evans. The albums included in this set are: Chet Baker Sings (Pacific Jazz PJ-1222), Chet Baker Sings and Plays (Pacific Jazz PJ-1202), Chet Baker-Russ Freeman Quartet (Pacific Jazz PJ-1232), Chet Baker & Strings (Columbia CL 549), Chet: The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker (Riverside RLP12-299), and Chet Baker Sings ''It Could Happen to You'' (Riverside Records RLP-12-278). Includes a co... [Read More]
A special vinyl re-issue of Chet Baker's penultimate session for Riverside - which was strictly instrumental - produced an all-star lineup to support him, including jazz heavyweights Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. Each of them makes important contributions to the session. Adams' baritone sax solo on Alone Together is one of the album's high points, while Herbie Mann and Bill Evans make their presence known on several cuts. Baker possessed one of the most melodious trumpets in jazz, compelling in its simplicity. Rarely extending his range above a single octave, he nonetheless had ... [Read More]
The complete master takes by Gerry Mulligan's original 1952-53 mostly piano-less quartet with Chet Baker. These recordings would prove enormously influential and set the groundwork for many other groups.
2009 release containing all existing recordings of Chet Baker and Bill Evans playing together on a single edition for the first time ever! Featuring musical assistance from Zoot Sims, Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. 15 tracks. American Jazz Classics.
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