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Artist:
Chet Baker
Title:
The Quintessence 1953-1956

Tracks:
CD1
1. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Moonlight In Vermont
2. Chet Baker Quartet - Maid In Mexico
3. Chet Baker Quartet - Imagination
2. Chet Baker Quartet - Band Aid
5. Chet Baker Quartet - Happy Little Sunbeam
6. Chet Baker Ensemble - Ergo
7. Chet Baker Ensemble - Moonlight Becomes You
8. Chet Baker With Strings - A Little Duet
9. Chet Baker Quartet - But Not For Me (Vocal)
10. Chet Baker Quartet - But Not For Me (Instrumental)
11. Chet Baker Quartet - There Will Never Be Another You
12. Chet Baker Quartet - Look For The Silver Lining
13. Chet Baker Quartet - My Funny Valentine
14. Chet Baker Quartet - I Fall In Love Too Easily
15. Chet Baker Quartet - Line For Lyons
16. Chet Baker Quartet - Lover Man
17. Chet Baker Quartet - My Funny Valentine
18. Chet Baker Quartet - Zing, Went The Strings Of My
CD2
1. Chet Baker Sextet - Little Man
2. Chet Baker Sexter - You’ve Had A Busy Day
3. Chet Baker Quartet - Long Ago And Far Away
2. Chet Baker Quartet - Sad Walk
5. Chet Baker Quartet - Tenderly
6. Chet Baker & His Orchestra - Chet
7. Chet Baker Quartet - Everything Happens To Me
8. Chet Baker Quintet - Tasty Pudding
9. Chet Baker Quartet - That Old Feeling
10. Chet Baker Quartet - I’ve Never Been In Love Before
11. Chet Baker & Art Pepper Sextet - Sonny Boy
12. Chet Baker Quartet - My Ideal
13. Chet Baker Quintet - To Mickey’s Memory
14. Chet Baker Big Band - A Foggy Day
15. Chet Baker Big Band - Darn That Dream
16. Chet Baker Big Band - Tenderly
17. Russ Freeman & Chet Baker - Love Nest
18. Russ Freeman & Chet Baker - Hugo Hurwhey.



Details:
Double CD with high-quality digital restoration covering a period when Chet Baker was at the very centre of West Coast cool jazz -- his trumpet playing and singing had made him the darling of the hipsters and Hollywood in-crowd After Gerry Mulligan was locked up on a narcotics charge Baker was left to front his own quartet and various formations feature here as well as a few tracks cut with larger outfits A well presented introduction tthe work of a key figure in modern jazz whose legendary reputation for self-destruction has sometimes obscured his musicianship

Label: Fremeaux

This item was added to our catalog on Wednesday 01 October, 2008