Chet Baker - Young ChetGenre: Jazz / cool, West Coast
Year: 1954-56 [1995]
Label: Blue Note
Time: 44:24
MP3 @320kbps
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This 1995 release brings some Chet Baker rarities to CD for the first time while commemorating photographer William Claxton's eponymous book. Representing the jazz legend in his early years, the selections heard on YOUNG CHET are taken from two recording dates, the first in 1954, and the second two years later. Baker was 25 and 27 years old respectively. This reissue is testament to Chet Baker's innate talent for music, including his ability to play trumpet with great lyrical insight and conceptual maturity. Always dedicated to reviving obscure tunes, he breathes new life into Kai Winding's 1949 composition, "A Night on Bop Mountain," employing the talents of Bill Loughborough on a percussion instrument known alternatively as the chromatic tympani or boobams. Baker also performs a light and airy version of Miles Davis' 1951 blues, "Down." An especially lively piano solo from Bobby Timmons marks the latter, while the trumpeter himself plays! with an unerring melodic shrewdness.AMG:
This 45-minute disc of primordial Chet Baker rarities shares its name with a companion volume of William Claxton's timeless photographs. The book visually preserves Baker and company during many of the same recording sessions heard on this release. The two presented here — produced by Dick Bock in Los Angeles during the early to mid-'50s — are the subject of some debate. The first date was originally recorded with the intent for Baker to add lead vocals, which he ultimately did. However, to get the most mileage out of the tapes, producer Bock re-released the same recordings three years later on the Pretty/Groovy album as instrumentals by substituting Baker's vocals with a lead tenor sax, performed by Bill Perkins. The recordings did retain Baker's irreplaceable trumpet licks in a somewhat feeble attempt to create the sense of interaction between the two. "But Not for Me," "Time After Time," and "Look for the Silver Lining" ar! e among the titles given this unusual treatment, which is ultimately pulled off and works far better than one might imagine. The second session contains tracks from the July 1956 L.A. Forum Theater sessions that would yield the landmark Chet Baker and Crew album. Although a majority of the material from those three dates was issued in various formats, the seven tracks featured on Young Chet remained shelved for nearly half a century because no stereo masters could be located. They are presented here in monophonic no worse for wear. Highlights featuring Baker include "A Night on Bop Mountain" and "Taboo." However, as was Bock's methodology at the time, he would often cut additional sides using only the backing band. "It's Only a Paper Moon" and "Autumn in New York" are among the tracks included on this Chet Baker title which do not feature Baker at all. Young Chet is a great recording, but recommended only for consumers activel! y searching every shred of music that is in any way connected ! to Chet Baker.
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When Chet Baker recorded his "Chet Baker Sings" album in 1954, the quartet recorded the music without the vocals which Chet later overdubbed. A few years later, Pacific Jazz used five of those tracks (#1-5 here) and overdubbed Bill Perkins and Jimmy Giuffre where the space for the vocals had been, creating some new Baker masters. Despite the artificial means, this works beautifully. Tracks 6-12 are more great material from the "Chet Baker And Crew" sessions with Phil Urso and Bobby Timmons, which did not fit on "Crew" CD.Personnel:
Chet Baker (trumpet);Bill Perkins, Phil Urso (tenor saxophone);Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet);Russ Freeman, Bobby Timmons (piano);Jimmy Bond, Carson Smith (bass);Bob Neel, Peter Littman (drums);Bill Loughborough (chromatic tympani)Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California on February 15, 1954 and The Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, California on July 24, 25 & 31, 1956.Tracks:
1. Look For The Silver Lining
2. But Not For Me
3. Time After Time
4. My Funny Valentine
5. There Will Never Be Another You
6. Extra Mild
7. Night On Bop Mountain, A
8. Down
9. Taboo
10. I Can't Get Started
11. It's Only A Paper Moon
12. Autumn In New YorkCode:http://[CENSORED].com/files/95928891/cb86yc.part1.rar
Part: 2 : Chet baker - no problem (1979)
Chet Baker - No Problem
Genre: Jazz / cool, West Coast, vocal
Year: 1979
Label: SteepleChase
Time: 51:19
MP3 @320kbps
RS.com: 135mb, with covers, liner notes, scansThis is arguably Chet Baker's best recording for SteepleChase, and it's also one of the hardest to find. This recording is great because it is unlike most other Baker recordings. There are no standards here, only seven great Duke Jordan compositions. Also, Chet plays a rarely-heard muted trumpet on several cuts. It sounds like he had fun making this one, it's too bad Baker and Jordan didn't record together more often. It is strange that one of Chet's greatest albums has one of the worst pictures of him on the cover!AMG:
Pianist Duke Jordan's presence adds some punch and spark to this quartet session, which is further helped along by bassist Niels Henning-Orsted Pedersen and selections that are suited for Baker's increasingly mellow and wavering playing.Personnel:
Norman Fearrington (drums);Chet Baker (trumpet, vocal);Duke Jordan (piano);Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass)
Tracks:1. No Problem - 9:45 2. Sultry Eve - 7:04 3. Glad I Met Pat - 5:08 4. Kiss of Spain - 7:15 5. The Fuzz - 6:05 6. My Queen Is Home to Stay - 7:137. Jealous Blues - 8:49Code:http://[CENSORED].com/files/84281348/737-02-320.part1.rar
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