Chet Baker

• NEVER BEFORE RELEASED CHET BAKER TRIO RECORDINGS

• LIMITED-EDITION 2-CD SET

• INCLUDES 40-PAGE BOOKLET

Recorded in stereo by Radio France at La Esplanade de La Défense (July 17, 1983) and Le Petit Opportun (February 7, 1984). Both concerts are distinguished by the dazzling playing of the virtuosic pianist Michel Graillier, who performed regularly with Baker’s combos from 1977 until Baker’s death in 1988.

Deluxe booklet with essays by producer and “jazz detective” Zev Feldman, journalist-author Ashley Kahn (author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece and A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album), French journalistphotographer Franck Bergerot, and Pascal Rozat of Ina France; and interviews with Riccardo Del Fra and Dominique Lemerle, the bassists on the ’83 and ’84 concert dates, respectively, and pianist Richie Beirach, also a former Baker sideman.

PERSONNEL & DATES:

• CD ONE [1-4]:
• Chet Baker (trumpet and vocals)
• Michel Graillier (piano)
• Dominique Lemerle (bass)
• Recorded at Esplanade de La Défense (June 17, 1983)

• CD ONE [5-6] & CD TWO:
• Chet Baker (trumpet and vocals)
• Michel Graillier (piano)
• Riccardo Del Fra (bass)
• Recorded at Le Petit Opportun (February 7, 1984)

TRACKS:

• CD ONE
• 01. There Will Never Be Another You
• 02. Easy Living
• 03. But Not for Me
• 04. Stella by Starlight
• 05. Funk in Deep Freeze
• 06. Just Friends

• CD TWO
• 01. Arbor Way
• 02. Strollin’
• 03. Margerine
• 04. Lament
• 05. Walkin’