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With his movie star good looks, brilliant natural gift for the trumpet, seductive vocals, nomadic lifestyle, addiction to heroin, and dazzling arrest record, Chet Baker was the personification of the James Dean-like jazz bad boy, especially during the conservative Eisenhower years. Born in Yale, Oklahoma in 1929, Baker got his first big break in Los Angeles in 1952 playing and recording with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. He then commenced his own roller coaster career, which included extensive tours of Europe. When he died under mysterious circumstances in Amsterdam in 1988, he left behind a vast discography.
This wonderful compilation collects 14 tracks (nine with vocals) that Baker recorded at his peak in the mid-'50s in Paris and the mid-'60s in New York City. Every track is stunning and shows him at the top of his game. His playing is clear and spacey, yet lyrical. His unique tenor vocals are disarmingly simple and stick close to the melody with just the subtlest variation. Highlights include "Everything Depends on You" with Kenny Burrell on guitar, "Tenderly," and "Exitus."
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Luchi DeJesus, Producer - Richard Davis, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Ross, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Connie Kay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Cohen, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Mundy, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, MainArtist - Henry Freeman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Wilford Holcombe, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Lawrence, Composer, Author - Eddie Barclay, Producer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerard Gustin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - WALTER GROSS, Composer - Nils-Bertil Dahlander, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 Decca Records France
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Scott, Producer - Chet Baker, Flugelhorn, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Will J. Harris, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB JAMES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Noble, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Scott, Producer - Chet Baker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Fleming, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Rice, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Scott, Producer - Chet Baker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John W. Green, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Barclay, Producer - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Chet Baker, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerard Gustin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nils-Bertil Dahlander, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 Decca Records France
Louis Dunlap, ComposerLyricist - Earl Hines, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Scott, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Carpenter, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Davis, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Ross, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Luchi De Jesus, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Seldon Powell, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Cohen, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Symes, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Mundy, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Isham Jones, ComposerLyricist - Chet Baker, MainArtist - Henry Freeman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Wilford Holcombe, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Barclay, Producer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Urso, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Fol, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Benoit Quersin, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Louis Viale, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Decca Records France
Einar Aaron Swan, ComposerLyricist - Luchi DeJesus, Producer - Chet Baker, MainArtist
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Luchi DeJesus, Producer - Johnny Mercer, Author - Chet Baker, MainArtist - Jim Mundy, Composer - James Oliver "Trummy" Young, Composer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Strachey, ComposerLyricist - Chet Baker, MainArtist - Holt Marvell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 PolyGram Records Inc.
Howard Dietz, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Chet Baker, MainArtist - Raymond Fol, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Benoit Quersin, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Viale, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Decca Records France
Eddie Barclay, Producer - Matt Dennis, Composer - Tom Adair, ComposerLyricist - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Fol, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Benoit Quersin, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Louis Viale, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Decca Records France
Albumbeschreibung
With his movie star good looks, brilliant natural gift for the trumpet, seductive vocals, nomadic lifestyle, addiction to heroin, and dazzling arrest record, Chet Baker was the personification of the James Dean-like jazz bad boy, especially during the conservative Eisenhower years. Born in Yale, Oklahoma in 1929, Baker got his first big break in Los Angeles in 1952 playing and recording with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. He then commenced his own roller coaster career, which included extensive tours of Europe. When he died under mysterious circumstances in Amsterdam in 1988, he left behind a vast discography.
This wonderful compilation collects 14 tracks (nine with vocals) that Baker recorded at his peak in the mid-'50s in Paris and the mid-'60s in New York City. Every track is stunning and shows him at the top of his game. His playing is clear and spacey, yet lyrical. His unique tenor vocals are disarmingly simple and stick close to the melody with just the subtlest variation. Highlights include "Everything Depends on You" with Kenny Burrell on guitar, "Tenderly," and "Exitus."
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:41
- Main artists: Chet Baker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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