Chet Baker

3-CD SET WITH ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL ALBUMS

DELUXE 5-PANEL DIGIPACK

INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents some of the best recordings made by the outstanding Chet Baker. All of the tracks included here are studio recordings with excellent sound quality, and showcase Chet both singing and playing the trumpet. Among the highlights are his three earliest vocal albums, as well as a session which pairs him with pianist Bill Evans.

The six complete albums contained on 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).

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER, trumpet & vocals on all tracks, plus:

CD 1 [1-14]: CHET BAKER SINGS
Russ Freeman (p), Jimmy Bond, Carson Smith or Joe Mondragon (b),
Peter Littman, Lawrence Marable, Bob Neel or Shelly Manne (d).
Los Angeles, 1953-56.

CD 1 [15-24]: CHET BAKER SINGS & PLAYS
Bud Shank (fl), Russ Freeman (p), Red Mitchell or Carson Smith (b),
Bob Neel (d), plus string section. Los Angeles, February 28 & March 7, 1955.

CD 2 [1-8]: CHET BAKER - RUSS FREEMAN QUARTET
Russ Freeman (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Los Angeles, November 6, 1956.

CD 2 [9-20]: CHET BAKER & STRINGS
Zoot Sims, Jack Montrose (ts), Bud Shank (as), Russ Freeman (p),
Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d). Plus String Orchestra.
Los Angeles, December 1953-February 1954.

CD 3 [1-9]: CHET - THE LYRICAL TRUMPET OF CHET BAKER
Herbie Mann (fl), Pepper Adams (bar), Kenny Burrell (g), Bill Evans (p),
Paul Chambers (b), Connie Kay or Philly Joe Jones (d).
New York, December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959.

CD 3 [10-19]: CHET BAKER SINGS "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU"
Kenny Drew (p), George Morrow or Sam Jones (b),
Philly Joe Jones or Dannie Richmond (d). New York, August 1958.

CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 79:37

01 That Old Feeling
02 It’s Always You
03 Like Someone In Love 04 My Ideal
05 I’ve Never Been In Love Before
06 My Buddy
07 But Not For Me 08 Time After Time
09 I Get Along Without You Very Well
10 My Funny Valentine
11 There Will Never Be Another You
12 The Thrill Is Gone
13 I Fall In Love Too Easily
14 Look For The Silver Lining
15 Let’s Get Lost
16 This Is Always
17 Long Ago And Far Away
18 Someone To Watch Over Me
19 Just Friends
20 I Wish I Knew
21 Daybreak
22 You Don’t Know What Love Is
23 Grey December
24 I Remember You

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 79:19

01 Love Nest
02 Fan Tan
03 Summer Sketch
04 An Afternoon At Home
05 Say When
06 Lush Life
07 Amblin’
08 Hugo Hurwhey
09 You Don’t Know What Love Is
10 I’m Thru With Love
11 Love Walked In
12 You Better Go Now
13 I Married An Angel
14 Love
15 I Love You
16 What A Diff’rence A Day Made
17 Why Shouldn’t I?
18 A Little Duet For Zoot And Chet
19 The Wind
20 Trickleydidlier

CD3: TOTAL TIME: 78:41

01 Alone Together
02 How High The Moon
03 It Never Entered My Mind
04 ‘Tis Autumn
05 If You Could See Me Now
06 September Song
07 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
08 Time On My Hands
09 You And The Night And The Music
10 Do It The Hard Way
11 I’m Old Fashioned
12 You’re Driving Me Crazy
13 It Could Happen To You
14 My Heart Stood Still
15 The More I See You
16 Everything Happens To Me
17 Dancing On The Ceiling
18 How Long Has This Been Going On
19 Old Devil Moon