Released 1959 | Length 41:48 Release date 1959 | |
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Recorded December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959 Similar Chet Baker albums, Jazz albums | ||
Chet, sometimes subtitled The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker, is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker (1929-1988). Chet features performances by Baker with flautist Herbie Mann, saxophonist Pepper Adams, pianist Bill Evans, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, and either Connie Kay or Philly Joe Jones on drums. It was recorded in December 1958 and January 1959 and released on the Riverside label.
Contents
Though Baker was by the late 1950s known as much for his singing as his trumpet playing, this album is entirely instrumental. It contains 9 ballads (additional bonus track on CD version) played in the styles of Hard Bop to Cool Jazz. The album is entirely devoted to explorations of the ballad mood, it includes considerable variety.
The Chambers-Evans-Jones rhythm section was known at the time for their work with trumpeter Miles Davis.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Dave Nathan awarded the album 4 stars and states "Chet is a good album to hear Baker's special way with the horn, and is made even more attractive with the presence and contributions of top jazz artists".
Track listing
- "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:46
- "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 3:31
- "It Never Entered My Mind" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:36
- "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) - 5:12
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 5:11
- "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 3:00
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 4:38
- "Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) - 4:27
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:50
- "Early Morning Mood" (Chet Baker) - 9:02 Bonus track on CD
Recorded in New York City on December 30, 1958 (tracks 1-3 & 5-7) and January 19, 1959 (tracks 4 & 8-10).
Songs
1Alone Together6:53
2How High the Moon3:37
3It Never Entered My Mind4:42