The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker
1955 compilation album by Chet Baker
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Compilation album by Chet Baker | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | July 29 & 30, October 3, December 22, 1953 and September 9 & 15, 1954 | |||
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:53 | |||
Label | Pacific Jazz PJ 1206 | |||
Producer | Richard Bock | |||
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The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1953 and 1954 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1] The album compiles tracks previously released on the 1954 10 inch LP Chet Baker Sextet along with previously unissued recordings.
Reception
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Allmusic rated the album with 3 stars stating "This well-rounded LP features the very popular trumpeter in his early days... those listeners running across this LP will find it a perfect introduction to the music of the early Chet Baker".[2]
Track listing
- "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) - 3:10
- "Moon Love" (Jerome Kern, George Grossmith, Jr., P. G. Wodehouse) - 3:15
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:24
- "Imagination" (Burke, Van Heusen) - 3:01
- "Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day" (Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler, Mabel Wayne) - 4:44
- "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:50
- "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:57
- "No Ties" (Russ Freeman) - 3:01
- "Happy Little Sunbeam" (Freeman) - 2:45
- "Bea's Flat" (Freeman) - 2:58
- "Russ Job" (Freeman) - 2:54
- "Tommy Hawk" (Johnny Mandel) - 3:39
- Recorded in Los Angeles on July 29 & 30, 1953 (tracks 4 & 11), at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on October 3, 1953 (tracks 2 & 7-10), at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on December 22, 1953 (tracks 3 & 6) and in Los Angeles on September 9, 1954 (track 12) and September 15, 1954 (tracks 1 & 5)
Personnel
- Chet Baker - trumpet
- Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone (tracks 1, 5 & 12)
- Herb Geller - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 3 & 6)
- Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone (tracks 3 & 6)
- Bob Gordon (tracks 3 & 6), Bud Shank (tracks 1, 5 & 12) - baritone saxophone
- Russ Freeman - piano
- Joe Mondragon (tracks 3 & 6), Carson Smith (tracks 1, 5 & 12), Bob Whitlock (tracks 2, 4 & 7-11) - bass
- Shelly Manne (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 12), Bobby White (tracks 2, 4 & 7-11) - drums
References
- ^ Chet Baker discography accessed August 6, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed August 6, 2013
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- Grey December (1953)
- West Coast Live (1953-54 [1997])
- Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954)
- The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (1954)
- Chet Baker Sings (1954)
- Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1955)
- Chet Baker in Europe (1955)
- Chet Baker & Crew (1956)
- Chet Baker Big Band (1956)
- Playboys (1956)
- Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (1956)
- Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (1956 [1957])
- Embraceable You (1957)
- Pretty/Groovy (1953-1957 [1958])
- A Taste of Tequila (1966)
- Hats Off (1966)
- Quietly There (1966)
- Double-Shot (1966)
- Into My Life (1966)
- In the Mood (1966)
- (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
- Chet Baker in New York (1958)
- Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace (1958)
- Chet (1959)
- Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
- Chet Baker in Milan (1959)
- Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1959)
- Oh You Crazy Moon (1978 [2003])
- Peace (1982)
- Strollin' (1985)
- Witch Doctor (1953)
- Chet Baker & Strings (1954)
- Stan Meets Chet (1958)
- Chet Is Back! (1962)
- The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 (1964)
- I/We Had a Ball (1964)
- Baker's Holiday (1965)
- Baby Breeze (1965)
- Double-Shot (1966)
- Albert's House (1969)
- Blood, Chet and Tears (1970)
- In Concert (with Lee Konitz, 1974 [1982])
- She Was Too Good to Me (1974)
- Once Upon a Summertime (1977 [1980])
- You Can't Go Home Again (1977)
- The Best Thing for You (1977 [1989])
- Live at Nick's (1978 [1987])
- Ballads for Two (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979)
- The Touch of Your Lips (1979)
- All Blues (with Rachel Gould) (1979)
- Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979 [1980])
- Daybreak (1979 [1980])
- Rendez-Vous (1979 [1980])
- No Problem (1979 [1980])
- This Is Always (1979 [1982])
- Someday My Prince Will Come (1979 [1983])
- Studio Trieste (1982)
- Out of Nowhere (1982 [1991])
- Crystal Bells (1983)
- Line for Lyons (with Stan Getz) (1983)
- Everything Happens to Me (with Kirk Lightsey) (1983 [1984])
- At Capolinea (1983 [1984])
- Mr. B (1983 [1984])
- The Improviser (1983 [1984])
- Diane (1985)
- Chet's Choice (1985)
- Candy (1985)
- Blues for a Reason (1985)
- Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma (1985)
- There'll Never Be Another You (with Philip Catherine) (1985 [1997])
- Chet Baker Sings Again (1985 [1986])
- As Time Goes By (1986)
- When Sunny Gets Blue (1986)
- Cool Cat (1986 [1989])
- Chet Baker in Tokyo (1987)
- Reunion with Chet Baker (with Gerry Mulligan, 1957)
- A Sign of the Times (with Joe Pass, 1965)
- Carnegie Hall Concert (with Gerry Mulligan, 1974 [1975])
- Silence (with Charlie Haden , 1987)
- "Freeway"
- "Chetty's Lullaby"
- "Motivo su raggio di luna"
- "So che ti perderò"
- "Il mio domani"
- Hell's Horizon (1955)
- Howlers in the Dock (1960)
- Let's Get Lost (1988)
- Born to Be Blue (2015)
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