Chet (Chet Baker album)

Chet
Studio album by Chet Baker
Released 1959
Recorded December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959
Genre Jazz
Length 41:48
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Chet Baker chronology

Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace
(1958)		 Chet
(1959)		 Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe
(1959)

Chet (The lyrical trumpet of Chet Baker) is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker (1929-1988) featuring performances by Baker with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay and Philly Joe Jones recorded in December 1958 and January 1959 and released on the Riverside label.[1] The rhythm group is entirely teamed up by Miles Davis collaborators with Paul Chambers on bass, Bill Evans on piano and alternatingly Connie Kay and Philly Joe Jones on drums. 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.[2]

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".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [4]

Track listing

  1. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:46
  2. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 3:31
  3. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:36
  4. "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) - 5:12
  5. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 5:11
  6. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 3:00
  7. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 4:38
  8. "Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) - 4:27
  9. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:50
  10. "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).

Personnel

A 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 B 5 LP
musician instrument T 01 T 02 T 03 T 04 T 05 T 06 T 07 T 08 T 09 T 10 CD
Chet Baker trumpet X X X X X X X X X X
Herbie Mann alto flute X X X X X X X
Pepper Adams baritone saxophone X X X X X X X
Bill Evans piano X X X X X X X X
Kenny Burrell guitar X X
Paul Chambers bass X X X X X X X X X X
Connie Kay drums X X X X X X
Philly Joe Jones drums X X X X

References

  1. ↑ Chet Baker discography accessed March 19, 2010
  2. ↑ Description on the LP backside (QJC-087 RLP-1135)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nathan, D. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2010
  4. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.