Chet Baker

24 BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE - INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

This CD presents Chet Baker’s complete original album Chet Is Back! (RCA Italy LP M10307), recorded in Rome three weeks after the trumpeter was released from jail for his ninth drug bust. He is accompanied by a group of notorious European players, the most famous of which, Bobby Jaspar and René Thomas, had their own drug problems (Jaspar would die from a heart attack on February 28, 1963, at the age of 37; Thomas would follow on January 3, 1975, aged 47). As a bonus, a complete session recorded that same year by Baker mostly on vocals with an orchestra conducted by Ennio Morricone (celebrated for his soundtracks to the films of Sergio Leone), and two rare tracks (only previously issued on a long out of print CD) recorded for the radio in studio conditions in Baden Baden, Germany, in 1960.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER trumpet
BOBBY JASPAR tenor sax & flute
RENÉ THOMAS guitar
AMEDEO TOMMASI piano
BENOÎT QUERSIN bass
DANIEL HUMAIR drums
Rome, Italy, January 5, 1962.

[9-14] BONUS TRACKS:
(9-12): Chet Baker with Ennio Morricone and His Orchestra:
Chet Baker (tp, vcl), The Swingers (vcl), Ennio Morricone (cond).
Rome, Italy, January 1, 1962.
(13-14): Chet Baker with the Rolf Hans Muller Orchestra (unknown personnel).
Chet Baker (tp), Rolf Hans Muller (cond).
Broadcast, Baden-Baden, Germany, prob. summer 1960.

TRACKS:

01 Well, You Needn’t
02 These Foolish
03 Barbados
04 Star Eyes
05 Over The Rainbow
06 Pent-Up House
07 Ballata In Forma
08 Blues In The Closet
09 Chetty’s Lullaby
10 So Che Ti Perdero
11 Motivo Su Raggio
12 Il Mio Domani
13 Autumn In New
14 Marilyn

Total Time: 79:31