CHET BAKER – Chet Baker in New York – LP – 180g Vinyl

LABEL: Craft Recordings

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BARCODE: 0888072197671

Tracklist:

Side 1

1. Fair Weather
2. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
3. Hotel 49

Side 2

1. Solar
2. Blue Thoughts
3. When Lights Are Low

CHET BAKER Chet Baker in New York

LP 180g Vinyl

Chet Bakers West Coast cool comes to the Big Apple. The project would be Bakers first in a four album deal with the Big Apple-based Riverside Records. The bicoastal artist incorporates his decidedly undernourished sound and laid-back phrasing into the styling of Al Haig (piano), Johnny Griffin (tenor sax), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). The results are uniformly brilliant as Bakers cool-toned solos fly and bop with authority around the equally impressive supporting soloists. Conversely, the same cohesive unity continues on the introspective numbers that are more akin to Bakers California cool. Undoubtedly one of the charms of this collection is the distinct choice of material. Running the gamut from the relaxed and soothing Polka Dots and Moonbeams and equally serene Blue Thoughts at one end of the spectrum to the percolating and driving intensity of Hotel 49 on the other.

Craft Recordings is pleased to reissue four classic, remastered titles from legendary jazz artist Chet Baker. The albums comprise Bakers entire output as a leader for the renowned jazz label Riversideall recorded and released between 1958 and 1959: (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You, Chet Baker in New York, Chet and Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe. The recordings, which feature such icons as Bill Evans,Johnny Griffin and Kenny Burrell, have all been cut from their original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI.