Released 1992 Producer Richard Bock | Length 53:05 Release date 1992 | |
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Recorded December 14 & 22, 1953 and February 28, 1955Capitol Studios, Hollywood Similar Chet Baker albums, Jazz albums |
Chet baker quintet with strings grey december
Grey December is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker compiling sessions recorded in 1953 and 1955 which was released on the Pacific Jazz label in 1992. The album compiles tracks previously released on the 1953 10 inch LP Chet Baker Ensemble along with previously unissued recordings.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic rated the album with 4 stars, stating: "Grey December is one of the better CD reissues featuring Baker's early-'50s recordings on Pacific Jazz, the purveyors of West Coast cool".
Track listing
All compositions by Jack Montrose except as indicated
- "Grey December" (Frank Campo) - 3:40
- "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:59
- "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:00
- "This Is Always" (Gordon, Warren) - 3:06
- "Headline" - 3:07
- "Ergo" - 3:08
- "Bockhanal" - 2:58
- "Bockhanal" [Alternate Take] - 2:33
- "A Dandy Line" - 2:48
- "A Dandy Line" [Alternate Take] - 2:48
- "Pro Defunctus" - 3:26
- "Little Old Lady" (Stanley Adams, Hoagy Carmichael) - 2:47
- "Little Old Lady" [Alternate Take] (Adams, Carmichael) - 2:00
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:24
- "Moonlight Becomes You" [Alternate Take] (Burke, Van Heusen) - 2:52
- "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:47
- "Goodbye" [Alternate Take] (Jenkins) - 3:42
Personnel
Songs
1Grey December3:42
2I Wish I Knew3:59
3Someone to Watch Over Me3:02
References
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