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Artist:	BAKER, CHET
Title:	Chet
Label:	DOXY (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	DOX 847LP

"Every musician has his area of expertise and for Chet Baker that area was the ballad. Therefore, this album dedicated entirely to ballads, gives listeners a chance to hear Baker doing what he does best -- and when Chet Baker does what he does best, he does it better than any other trumpet player in the history of jazz. For this session, recorded on December 30, 1958 at NYC's Reeves Sound Studios, the poster child of West Coast cool jazz (who had just turned twenty-nine) assembled a superlative East Coast sextet that featured the unusual front-line combination of flute (Herbie Mann), trumpet (Baker) and baritone (Pepper Adams), departing occasionally from this format, however, to showcase the guitar playing of Kenny Burrell. Pianist Bill Evans, Philly Joe Jones (drums), Paul Chambers (bass), all well-known for their association with Miles Davis, and all some of the top names in jazz are also featured here, along with drummer Connie Kay of the Modern Jazz Quartet. This album represents some of the last studio work Baker did before emigrating permanently to Europe. It also includes one of Baker's own compositions, 'Early Morning Mood,' recorded at the same studio and with the same line-up on January 19, 1959 as a bonus track." 180 gram vinyl.

Artist:	BAKER, CHET
Title:	Live In Florence 1956
Label:	DOXY (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	DOX 848LP

"In 1955, a 26-year-old Chet Baker made his first trip to Europe. Over a period of about six months, Baker toured Italy, Germany, France and Denmark. On January 24, 1956 Baker gave this quintet performance in Florence, Italy at the prominent music conservatory 'Conservatorio Cherubini,' using all European players, some of whom (Francy Boland and Eddie De Haas) Baker liked so much that he invited them back to the States to continue playing with him." 180 gram vinyl.

Artist:	BAKER, CHET
Title:	Chet Baker In New York
Label:	DOXY (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	DOX 849LP

"For much of the 1950s the so-called 'East Coast' vs. 'West Coast' debate raged on in modern jazz circles. Such arguments were not halted by this 1958 album, but it did give listeners some food for thought, for here Chet Baker, one of the stars of 'cool jazz', gets together with some of the most representative members of the East Coast's 'hard bop' school. On three long tracks Chet teams up with Johnny Griffin, one of the most talented tenors of his day (associated largely with Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) as well as a stand-out rhythm section featuring pianist Al Haig, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones. This all-star rhythm section trio drives Chet through tunes like Miles Davis' 'Solar', and adds texture and lift to ballads like 'Blue Thoughts' and 'Polka Dots' and 'Moonbeams', creating an album unlike any other Chet had recorded before." 180 gram vinyl.

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