Chet Baker
Chet Baker & Russ Freeman Strings & Ensemble (38060)
Chet Baker & Russ Freeman Strings & Ensemble
Chet Baker
Jazz Images
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38060
JAZZ
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DELUXE PACKAGING
THICK CARDBOARD FOLD OPEN DIGI-SLEEVES
3 COMPLETE ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET Plus 7 BONUS TRACKS
This release presents the complete original LPs "Chet Baker & Strings" (Columbia CL 549), which marked the trumpeter’s first experience recording with a string orchestra, and "Chet Baker Ensemble" (Pacific Jazz PJLP-9). Both albums feature important jazz luminaries, such as Zoot Sims, Herb Geller, Jack Montrose, Bud Shank and Bob Gordon, plus the rhythm section of Russ Freeman, Joe Mondragon, and Shelly Manne. As a bonus, this edition contains the complete LP Chet Baker Sextet (Pacific Jazz PJLP-15), featuring Bob Brookmeyer and Bud Shank, as well as a 1956 Chet Baker big band date.
PERSONNEL:
CHET BAKER, trumpet
On all tracks:
CD 1 [1-12]: CHET BAKER & STRINGS.
Los Angeles, December 1953-February 1954.
CD 2 [1-8]: CHET BAKER ENSEMBLE.
Los Angeles, December 14 & 22, 1953.
CD 2 [9-16] CHET BAKER SEXTET.
Los Angeles, September 9 & 15, 1954.
(*) BONUS TRACKS (CD1, 13-19):
From Chet Baker Big Band. Los Angeles, October 18, 1956.
CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 67:26 Min.
01 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
02 I’M THRU WITH LOVE
03 LOVE WALKED IN
04 YOU BETTER GO NOW
05 I MARRIED AN ANGEL
06 LOVE
07 I LOVE YOU
08 WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE
09 WHY SHOULDN’T I?
10 A LITTLE DUET FOR ZOOT AND CHET
11 THE WIND
12 TRICKLEYDIDLIER
13 MYTHE (*)
14 WORRYIN’ THE LIFE OUT OF ME (*)
15 CHET (*)
16 NOT TOO SLOW (*)
17 PHIL’S BLUES (*)
18 DINAH (*)
19 V-LINE (*)
(*) BONUS TRACKS
CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 54:33 Min.
01 BOCKHANAL
02 ERGO
03 MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU
04 HEADLINE
05 A DANDY LINE
06 LITTLE OLD LADY
07 GOODBYE
08 PRO DEFUNCTUS
09 LITTLE MAN, YOU’VE HAD A BUSY DAY (**)
10 DOT’S GROOVY (**)
11 STELLA BY STARLIGHT (**)
12 TOMMYHAWK (**)
13 I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU (**)
14 THE HALF DOZENS (**)
15 DOT’S GROOVY (**)
16 STELLA BY STARLIGHT(**)
(**) BONUS ALBUM
