Music CD - Chet Baker: Chet

	Music CD: Chet Artist: Chet Baker List Price: $10.98 Our Price: $84.99 Your Save: $ ( % ) Availability: Manufacturer: Ojc
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Tracks: 1. Alone Together 2. How High the Moon 3. It Never Entered My Mind 4. 'Tis Autumn 5. If You Could See Me Now 6. September Song 7. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 8. Time on My Hands (You in My Arms) 9. You and the Night and the Music 10. Early Morning Mood [*]
Binding: LP Record EAN: 0025218608718 Label: Ojc Manufacturer: Ojc Publisher: Ojc Release Date: 1991-07-01 Studio: Ojc
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: This is my number 1 CHET CD !!! AAAA++++++++++ Comment: In my humble opinion this is best of the best of CHET. If this collection of songs dont move you then you have no soul. Rest in Peace Chet and thank you. Customer Rating: Summary: His second best album Comment: One of Chet's best, although I may prefer "The Last Concert"(The Last Great Concert: My Favorite Songs, Vol. 1 & 2). One of those records you can just listen to over and over again. Pepper Adams (sax), Herbie Mann (flute) and Bill Evans (piano) accompany Baker brilliantly. Customer Rating: Summary: New Favorite Comment: I'm loving this Chet Baker CD...it's a first for us. We love Coltrane and Davis, as well as more modern Jazz, but this one has become our new favorite. It's often playing in the background throughout the day. Customer Rating: Summary: one of the best I own Comment: Chet Baker is still such a much loved trumpeter from days past for his seamless skillfulness concerning the ballad. This 1959 recording for Riverside comes from Baker's peak years, fresh and backed by all-star sidemen of the day. This is one of the most breathtaking jazz albums I own in my collection, because I can always count on Chet to set the mood. There was something in Chet's delivery that was so lonesome and sad, but at the same time so uplifting and invigorating. Considering myself a diehard fan, I've always preferred his trumpeting to his singing. On this album you are treated to nothing but the trumpet, which happens to be my favorite instrument, also. Be good to yourself and buy this album as soon as possible! It will immediately become one of a handful of albums in life that finally says something to you, without uttering a single word. The one and only Bill Evans, the genius jazz pianist / composer, sat in with Baker on the album. Paul Chambers is also present; probably the hardest working bassist in the business of his day, and flutist Herbie Mann plays on these tracks, also. Guitarist Kenny Burrell, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, drummers Philly Joe Jones and Connie Kay also back Chet up on these ballads. Customer Rating: Summary: Beautiful... Essential to any music lover's collection Comment: This is Chet at his best when it comes to trumpet playing. "My Funny Valentine" is my favorite of Chet's singing albums and this is my favorite album of his showcasing his amazing ability on the trumpet. You can definitely hear how Miles Davis influenced him. The CD recording couldn't sound better, it's crisp, clean, and clear as can be. The music is very rich and soothing, it's perfect for a quiet night at home or a rainy day. Chet's group is made up of some of the top jazz musicians ever - Pepper Adams (sax), Bill Evans (piano), Kenny B. (guitar), Herbie Mann (flute) and Miles' favorite drummer and one of mine Philly Joe Jones. This is one of those albums that if you are new to jazz or would like to introduce perhaps a friend or loved one to jazz I would highly recommend purchasing this album along with "Kind of Blue" (Miles), "My Favorite Things" (Coltrane), "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver), "Sidewinder" (Lee Morgan), "Brilliant Corners" (Monk), "Take Five" (Brubeck), etc... This is essential to anyone's music collection! I would have to rate this one as one of the all-time best. Great intro to jazz music. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: While Chet Baker was famous for his almost evanescent singing voice and was strongly associated with West Coast jazz, this all-instrumental, all-ballad album recorded with some of New York's finest musicians may have been his most beautiful recording. These 1958-59 sessions place Baker in groups ranging from quartet to sextet, and his trumpet playing is strong, secure, and clear, capable of the subtlest inflections. The settings simply couldn't be better. Pianist Bill Evans was in the midst of redefining the piano ballad, and he's masterful at creating fresh harmonic underpinnings for Baker from the opening chords of "Alone Together," here reminiscent of "Blue in Green." Guitarist Kenny Burrell adds comparable support on a wistful treatment of "September Song," while Pepper Adams's baritone saxophone, present on seven tracks, is a craggy, rough-hewn complement to Baker's smoothly melodic trumpet. Herbie Mann contributes flute and arrangements to several sextet tracks, while the rhythm section, with Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones and Connie Kay sharing the drumming, is resilient and lightly propulsive. The concluding "Early Morning Mood" is a long, slow Baker blues that's a nice addition to the well-chosen set of standards. The 20-bit K2 super coding system results in excellent sound, capturing every drum detail and particularly enhancing Adams's broad, overtone-rich sound. --Stuart Broomer