• LIMITED EDITION DELUXE 2-CD SET

• RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!

Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland features two sessions presenting trumpet/vocal icon Chet Baker recorded at the legendary VARA studio 2 in Hilversum, the Netherlands for the KRO radio program Nine O’Clock Jazz. Both are released here for the first time ever, and showcase Baker in a quartet format.

Originally produced by Edwin Rutten, they have been prepared for release by “jazz detective” Zev Feldman and Frank Jochemsen. The limited-edition deluxe 2-CD edition include an elaborate booklet with photos by Veryl Oakland, Jean-Pierre Leloir, and Christian Rose, among others. The liner notes consist of essays by Dutch journalist Jeroen de Valk, the aforementioned Feldman, Jochemsen, and Rutten; plus interviews with Baker bandmates Phil Markowtiz, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse and Eric Ineke, trumpeters Randy Brecker and Enrico Rava, and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi.

(ALSO AVAILABLE ON 2-LP SET: LPS-171779)

• CD ONE

• Chet Baker - (trumpet, vocals)
• Phil Markowitz - (piano)
• Jean-Louis RAassinfosse - (bass)
• Charles Rice - (drums)
• VARA Studio 2, Hilversum, the Netherlands, April 10, 1979.

• 01. Beautiful Black Eyes
• 02. Oh, You Crazy Moon
• 03. The Best Thing For You
• 04. Blue Room
• 05. Down
• _______________________

• CD TWO

• Chet Baker - (trumpet, vocals)
• Phil Markowitz - (piano)
• Jean-Louis RAassinfosse - (bass)
• Charles Rice - (drums)
• VARA Studio 2, Hilversum, the Netherlands, April 10, 1979.

• 01. Blue Gilles
• 02. Nardis

• Chet Baker - (trumpet, vocals)
• Frans Elsen - (piano)
• Victor Kaihatu- (bass)
• Eric Ineke - (drums)
• VARA Studio 2, Hilversum, the Netherlands, November 9, 1979.

• 03. Candy
• 04. Luscious Lou
• 05. My Ideal
• 06. Old Devil Moon