Chet Baker - The Italian Sessions [EAC FLAC]

Throughout the 1950s Chet Baker gained fame as a quiet, low-register trumpeter with a cool tone and a relaxed style. This CD should therefore be a major surprise to listeners who believe he was incapable of playing heated material, or of utilizing the upper register of his horn. Assisted by a fine European sextet (including Bobby Jaspar on tenor and flute and guitarist Rene Thomas), Baker is heard in peak form throughout this memorable and frequently exciting bop date. [Originally issued as Chet Is Back!.]


Tracklist

1 Well You Needn't 6:21
2 These Foolish Things 4:55
3 Barbados 8:27
4 Star Eyes 6:57
5 Somewhere Over The Rainbow 3:28
6 Pent-Up House 6:51
7 Ballata In Forma Di Blues 10:04
8 Blues In The Closet 7:44

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Pietro Alfieri
Bass – Benoit Quersin
Drums – Daniel Humair
Engineer [Digital] – Dick Baxter
Executive-Producer – Steve Backer
Guitar – Rene Thomas*
Illustration – Carmine Coppola
Piano – Amadeo Tommasi*
Reissue Producer – John Snyder
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Bobby Jaspar
Trumpet – Chet Baker

Notes

Recorded at RCA Studios, Italy, 1962.