Grey December (album)

Grey December
Compilation album by Chet Baker
Released	1992
Recorded	December 14 & 22, 1953 and February 28, 1955 Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:05
Label	Pacific Jazz CDP 97160
Producer	Richard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
Chet Baker Sings (1953) Grey December (1953-55) Chet Baker & Strings (1953)

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.^[1] The album compiles tracks previously released on the 1953 10 inch LP Chet Baker Ensemble along with previously unissued recordings.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Montrose except as indicated

1. "Grey December" (Frank Campo) - 3:40
2. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:59
3. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:00
4. "This Is Always" (Gordon, Warren) - 3:06
5. "Headline" - 3:07
6. "Ergo" - 3:08
7. "Bockhanal" - 2:58
8. "Bockhanal" [Alternate Take] - 2:33
9. "A Dandy Line" - 2:48
10. "A Dandy Line" [Alternate Take] - 2:48
11. "Pro Defunctus" - 3:26
12. "Little Old Lady" (Stanley Adams, Hoagy Carmichael) - 2:47
13. "Little Old Lady" [Alternate Take] (Adams, Carmichael) - 2:00
14. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:24
15. "Moonlight Becomes You" [Alternate Take] (Burke, Van Heusen) - 2:52
16. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:47
17. "Goodbye" [Alternate Take] (Jenkins) - 3:42

• Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on December 14, 1953 (tracks 5-10) and December 22, 1953 (tracks 11-17) and on February 28, 1955 (tracks 1-4)

Personnel

• Chet Baker - trumpet, vocals
• Bud Shank - flute (tracks 1-4)
• Herb Geller - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 5-17)
• Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone (tracks 5-17)
• Bob Gordon - baritone saxophone (tracks 5-17)
• Russ Freeman - piano
• Joe Mondragon (tracks 5-17), Red Mitchell (tracks 1-4) - bass
• Shelly Manne (tracks 5-17), Bob Neal (tracks 1-4) - drums

References

1. ↑ Chet Baker discography accessed August 14, 2013
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Planer, L. Allmusic listing accessed August 14, 2013