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CHET BAKER

Chet Baker & Bobby Jaspar

I Get Chet

    The recordings for the album took place between October 25, 1955, and February 10, 1956, at Studio Pathe-Magellan in Paris and features a mix of cool jazz and bop styles with tracks like "How About You," "Once in a While," and "Alone Together." The ensemble of musicians on this album includes notable names such as Jean- Louis Viale on drums, and Benoit Quersin on bass; the album highlighting Baker's distinctive trumpet tone and his collaboration with talented European musicians: "I Get Chet" is a significant work in his discography and reflect his mastery in the cool jazz and bop genres. The tracks are characterized by its relaxed tempos and lighter tone, and bop, known for its complex rhythms and harmonies, it is praised for its lyrical and cool jazz elements. For this and other reasons and considered a gem from Chet Baker's Paris sessions, showcasing his talent during a pivotal time in his career.

    TRACK LISTING

    How About You
    Once In A While
    Chekeetah
    Alone Together
    Chet
    Dinah
    Tasty Pudding
    Anticipated Blues
    V Line
    Exitus

    Various Artists

    Chet Baker Re:imagined

      Chet Baker Re:Imagined, a collection of songs recorded by a varied selection of international talent to celebrate the legacy of one of the most unique, charismatic and influential figures in the history of jazz. Released to mark the 70th anniversary of seminal album Chet Baker Sings, the 15-track compilation presents modern reworkings of the trumpeter and singer’s repertoire and underscores the enduring influence of one of 20th century music’s most creative artists.

      Featuring an array of international artists spanning R&B, pop, soul and jazz. British artists dodie, Matt Maltese, Matilda Mann, Joel Culpepper, Ife Ogunjobi, Hohnen Ford, Eloise and Puma Blue line up alongside Benny Sings from the Netherlands, Canada’s Stacey Ryan, American artists Delaney Bailey and Mxmtoon, South Korean Sara Kang and Australian-Filipino grentperez. These musicians, singers, songwriters and beat-makers all sit within a fast-emerging scene and together they cast Baker’s sublime melodies against a contemporary sound canvas marked by a spectrum of acoustic and electronic colours, artful, impassioned improvisation and richly layered production.

      TRACK LISTING

      Side A
      1. Look For The Silver Lining - Joel Culpepper
      2. That Old Feeling - Eloise
      3. I’m Old Fashioned - Sarah Kang
      4. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Hohnen Ford
      5. There Will Never Be Another You - Matilda Mann
      6. Old Devil Moon - Dodie
      7. It’s Always You - Puma Blue
      8. I’ve Never Been In Love Before - Poppy Daniels

      Side B
      1. Speak Low - Ife Ogunjobi
      2. Time After Time - Benny Sings
      3. Like Someone In Love - Stacey Ryan
      4. My Funny Valentine - Matt Maltese
      5. I Fall In Love Too Easily - Mxmtoon
      6. But Not For Me - Grentperez
      7. While My Lady Sleeps - Delaney Bailey

      Chet Baker & Bill Evans

      Alone Together - 2025 Reissue

        Although Chet Baker and Bill Evans were both highly lyrical and introspective players who could have made a fabulous partnership, they only ever recorded together on a couple or so occasions. By the time the recordings here were made, Chet Baker had been a star for less than a decade and this wholly instrumental album presents him accompanied by other great jazz stars with whom he would also rarely play and record with again.

        "Chet Baker's penultimate session for Riverside produced an all-star lineup to support him, including jazz heavyweights Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. Each of them makes important contributions to the session. A good place to hear Baker's special way with the horn is made even more attractive with the presence and contributions of top jazz artists." - ***** Dave Nathan, AllMusic

        TRACK LISTING

        Alone Together
        How High The Moon
        It Never Entered My Mind
        'tis Autumn
        I Talk To The Trees
        If You Could See Me Now
        September Song
        You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
        Time On My Hands
        You And The Night And The Music 
        Thank Heaven For Little Girls

        Chet Baker

        Sings - 2024 Repress

          The complementary talents of Chet Baker (1929-1988), both as a trumpet player and as a singer, are now well known, and Will MacFarland's original liner notes for the 10- inch LP Chet Baker Sings, on which he compared Chet with Louis Armstrong, still seem quite appropriate. Both his trumpet and his voice are extensions of the same musical personality, and once you have become familiar with both facets of Baker, you expect to hear them both.

          This album was initially issued in 1954 as a 10-inch Long Play containing eight songs. Its success soon led to it being reissued as a 12" LP, with the addition of material from later 1956 sessions. On all of them Chet is backed by Russ Freeman on piano, who was a member of the trumpeter's regular group at the time. This edition presents all the songs from the 12" LP plus one bonus track from the same period, 'Just Friends'.

          TRACK LISTING

          That Old Feeling
          It's Always You
          Like Someone In Love
          My Ideal
          I've Never Been In Love Before
          My Buddy
          Just Friends
          But Not For Me
          Time After Time
          I Get Along Without You Very Well
          My Funny Valentine
          There Will Never Be Another You
          The Thrill Is Gone
          I Fall In Love Too Easily
          Look For The Silver Lining

          Chet Baker

          Late Night Jazz - 2024 Reissue

            A superb 1988 quartet studio performance recorded just three months before Chet's death. Originally issued on the Norwegian label Hot Club Records and long out of print, this is the first time that this historic session appears worldwide on vinyl, including three alternate takes that were absent from the initial release.

            Includes 12-page LP size booklet with previously unpublished photos from the actual sessions, plus specially prepared essays by the original producer Jon Larsen and music writer Brian Morton.

            Chet Baker: trumpet (also vocal on 'How High The Moon)
            Philip Catherine: guitar
            Egil Kapstad: piano
            Terje Venaas: bass

            Studio Sysmo, Paris, February 17 & 18, 1988.

            TRACK LISTING

            Disc 1
            Side 1

            1. Skylark
            2. If You Could See Me Now
            3. The Bird From Kapingamarangi
            4. How High The Moon
            Side 2
            1. Makin; Whoopee
            2. The Ballad Of Buttersmile
            3. Body And Soul
            4. Alice In Wonderland

            Disc 2
            Side 1

            1. Blamann, Blamann
            2. Children's Waltz
            3. Love For Sale
            4. My Foolish Heart
            Side 2
            1. I Want A Little Girl
            2. Body And Soul (alt,tk)
            3. If You Could See Me Now (alt.tk)
            4. Makin; Whoopee (alt.tk)

            Chet Baker

            It Could Happen To You - 2024 Reissue

              It Could Happen to You follows a formula similar to two other Baker albums, "Chet Baker Sings" (1954) and "Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman & Strings" (recorded in 1955, released in 1964) in which he sings traditional pop standards in a jazzy fashion Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr., known for his lyrical and intimate style and for having been among the main exponents of genre known as cool jazz, confirmed in this recording as one of most important musician (and singer) of the jazz.

              This release is part of the New Ermitage collection available from January 2024: 18 jazz and soul titles reissued on yellow vinyl with new codes and renewed graphics.


              TRACK LISTING

              1. Do It The Hard Way
              2. I'm Old Fashioned
              3. You're Driving Me Crazy
              4. It Could Happen To You
              5. My Heart Stood Still
              6. The More I See You
              7. Everything Happens To Me
              8. Dancing On The Ceiling
              9. How Long Has This Been Going On?
              10. Old Devil Moon

              Chet Baker

              My Funny Valentine - 2024 Reissue

                A collection of songs played and sung by Chet Baker between 1953 and 1956 starting from "My funny Valentine" written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Sweet and sensual music that continue on other tracks: this record it's the better collection to discover Chet Baker known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".

                This release is part of the New Ermitage collection available from January 2024: 18 jazz and soul titles reissued on yellow vinyl with new codes and renewed graphics.


                TRACK LISTING

                1. My Funny Valentine
                2. Someone To Watch Over Me
                3. Moonlight Becomes You
                4. This Is Always
                5. I'm Glad There Is You
                6. Time After Time
                7. Sweet Lorraine
                8. It's Always You
                9. Let's Get Lost
                10. Moon Love
                11. Like Someone In Love
                12. I've Never Been In Love Before
                13. Isn't It Romantic?
                14. I Fall In Love Too Easily

                Chet Baker

                Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner And Loewe - Vinyl Reissue

                  Craft Recordings reissue not one but four classic, remastered titles from legendary jazz artist Chet Baker. The albums comprise Baker’s entire output as a leader for the renowned jazz label Riverside - all recorded and released between 1958 and 1959: (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You, Chet Baker in New York, Chet and Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe.

                  The recordings, which feature such icons as Bill Evans, Johnny Griffin and Kenny Burrell, have all been cut from their original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI.


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