Chet Baker

In Paris (Gatefold Cover) (101009)

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In Paris (Gatefold Cover)

Chet Baker

New Continent

8436569191934

LPS 152354

101009

JAZZ

2

LP 34,98 €

2- LP SET

This 2-LPs set presents all of the music originally issued from Chet Baker’s studio sessions made for the Barclay label during his first European tour in 1955 and 1956. The very first ones feature the splendid pianist Dick Twardzik, who would die in Paris from a drug overdose soon after the recordings were made. Chet continued touring Europe nevertheless, and before returning home he taped a few more sessions for Barclay, among them the two quartet dates also presented here. Chet is backing there mostly by European musicians, including pianists Gérard Gustin and Raymond Fol, bassist Benoit Quersin, and drummer Jean-Louis Viale.

While the Baker-Twardzik sessions were more adventurous and consisted of tunes by composer Bob Zieff and one by pianist himself, the others dates featured well-known jazz standards. Although Baker had already made various vocal dates by this time, the Barclay dates featured him only on trumpet.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER, trumpet on all tracks, with:

SIDE A & B1 - B3:
DICK TWARDZIK, piano
JIMMY BOND, bass
PETER LITTMAN, drums
Paris, France, October 11 (A1-A5) and October 14 (A6; B1-B3), 1955.

B4-B5, SIDE C & D1:
GÉRARD GUSTIN, piano
JIMMY BOND, bas
NILS-BERTIL DAHLANDER, drumss
Paris, France, October 24, 1655.

D2-D4:
RAYMOND FOL, piano
BENOIT QUERSIN, bass
JEAN-LOUIS VUALIE, drums
Paris, France, November 28, 1955.

SIDE A:

01 RONDETTE
02 MID-FORTE
03 SAD WALK
04 RE-SEARCH
05 JUST DUO
06 PIECE CAPRICE

SIDE B:

01. POMP
02. THE GIRL FROM GREENLAND
03. BRASH
04. SUMMERTIME
05. YOU GO TO MY HEAD

SIDE C:
01. TENDERLY
02.LOVER MAN
03. THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL
04. AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
05. THESE FOOLISH THINGS

SIDE D:
01. I’LL REMEMBER APRIL
02. ALONE TOGETHER
03. EXITUS
04. ONCE IN A WHILE