Chet Baker – The Chet Baker Quartet Recordings (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Chet Baker – The Chet Baker Quartet Recordings (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:26 minutes | 619 MB | Genre: Jazz
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This session was recorded on Monday, October 24, 1955, between 14 and 21 o’clock at the Pathe-Maggellan studio in Paris. On October 24, only Jimmy Bond was still with Chet: Peter Littman had returned to America and his place was now taken by Nils-Bertil ‘Bert’ Dahlander, a Swedish drummer who had accompanied Lars Gullin. On the keyboard was an almost unknown pianist named Gérard Gustin, whom Eddie Barclay had just signed. Due to these connections, the band were forced to resort to standards – Chet was able to play them better than anyone else. He chose eight tracks: “These Foolish Things”, which remained in the quartet’s repertoire for a while, and five others, which the trumpeter plays here for the first time: “There’s a Small Hotel”, “Autumn in New York”, “Summertime”, “You Go To My Head” and “Tenderly”, as well as another two – “I’ll Remember April” and “Lover Man” – which he performed less than ten days earlier with Lars Gullin and Dick Twardzik, whose disappearance Chet still did not want to accept. Under these circumstances, the whole session exudes a certain sadness that cannot be hidden, no matter in what key or at what tempo.

Tracklist:
1-1. Chet Baker – Isn’t It Romantic (Digitally Restored) (03:27)
1-2. Chet Baker – The Lamp Is Low (Digitally Restored) (02:27)
1-3. Chet Baker – This Time The Dream’s On Me (Digitally Restored) (02:43)
1-4. Chet Baker – Maid In Mexico (Digitally Restored) (02:52)
1-5. Chet Baker – Russ Job (Digitally Restored) (02:47)
1-6. Chet Baker – Imagination (Digitally Restored) (03:04)
1-7. Chet Baker – Long Ago (And Far Away) (10” LP Take) (Digitally Restored) (02:13)
1-8. Chet Baker – Long Ago (And Far Away) (12” LP Take) (Digitally Restored) (02:26)
1-9. Chet Baker – Carson City Stage (Digitally Restored) (02:36)
1-10. Chet Baker – Easy To Love (Digitally Restored) (03:14)
1-11. Chet Baker – Batter Up (Digitally Restored) (02:47)
1-12. Chet Baker – No Ties (12” LP Take) (Digitally Restored) (02:58)
1-13. Chet Baker – All The Things You Are (Digitally Restored) (02:54)
1-14. Chet Baker – The Thrill Is Gone (10” LP Take) (Digitally Restored) (02:45)
1-15. Chet Baker – The Thrill Is Gone (12” LP Take) (Digitally Restored) (02:47)
1-16. Chet Baker – Band Aid (Digitally Restored) (02:45)
1-17. Chet Baker – Bea’s Flat (Digitally Restored) (03:00)
1-18. Chet Baker – Moon Love (12” LP Take) (Digitally Restored) (03:18)
1-19. Chet Baker – Happy Little Sunbeam (Alternate Take) (Digitally Restored) (02:44)
1-20. Chet Baker – I Fall In Love Too Easily (1953 Version) (Digitally Restored) (02:04)
1-21. Chet Baker – Winter Wonderland (Digitally Restored) (02:28)

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