Chet Baker ‎– Big Band

INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This release presents the complete original album “Chet Baker Big Band” (Pacific Jazz PJ-1229), which marked one of the rare occasions on which Chet fronted a large group as a leader. That being said, the formations heard on this LP are never as large as other orchestras, featuring from nine to eleven musicians.

As a bonus, two complete contemporary sessions presenting Chet fronting a group with two other horns, as well as four alternate versions of songs from the Big Band album, recorded for the Barclay label in Paris, France, in 1956.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER, trumpet, plus:

On Tracks [1, 7 & 10]:
CONTE CANDOLI, NORMAN RAYE, trumpet
FRANK ROSOLINO, trombone
ART PEPPER, BUD SHANK, alto sax
PHIL URSO, BILL PERKINS, tenor sax
BOBBY TIMMONS, piano
JIMMY BOND, bass
LAWRENCE MARABLE, drums
JIMMY HEATH, arranger
Los Angeles, October 26, 1956.

On Tracks [2-6 & 8-9]:
BOB BURGESS, trombone
FRED WATERS, alto sax
PHIL URSO, tenor sax
BOB GRAF, tenor sax
BILL HOOD, baritone sax
BOBBY TIMMONS, piano
JIMMY BOND, bass
PETER LITTMAN, drums
JAMES McLEAN, drums
Arrangements by:
PIERRE MICHELOT (2, 4 & 5), PHIL URSO (3 & 6), and CHRISTIAN CHEVALLIER(8-9).
Los Angeles, October 18, 1956.

[11-20] BONUS TRACKS:
CHET BAKER, trumpet, with different formations.
Recorded in Los Angeles & París, France, 1954-1956.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 A Foggy Day
02 Mythe
03 Worryin’ The Life Out Of Me
04 Chet
05 Not Too Slow
06 Phil’s Blues
07 Darn That Dream
08 Dinah
09 V-Line
10 Tenderly
11 Dot’s Groovy (*)
12 Tommyhawk (*)
13 The Half Dozens (*)
14 Little Man, You’ve Had A Busy Day (*)
15 Stella By Starlight (*)
16 I’m Glad There Is You (*)
17 Mythe [Alternate Version] (*)
18 V-Line [Alternate Version] (*)
19 Not Too Slow [Alternate Version] (*)
20 Chet [Alternate Version] (*)

TOTAL TIME: 78:45 min.

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