Jazz / Vocal Jazz; Cool; West Coast Jazz
Recorded: December 30, 1958 and January 19, 1959, Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York
Chet Baker - trumpet
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
Herbie Mann - flute
Bill Evans - piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Paul Chambers - bass
Connie Kay - drums
Philly Joe Jones - drums
Although always recognized as a trumpeter with unsurpassed lyrical qualities, Chet Baker has had many ups and downs in his long career. The very late 1950s was not an "up" period: the West Coast label he was under contract to readily allowed Riverside to borrow him as leader on four albums. Most of them were extremely uneven, but this one definitely worked. It had a strong basic concept (simply to turn Chet loose on some first-class standard-ballad compositions) and, quite importantly, one of those casually all-star lineups that the jazz scene of those days made possible: Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay, Philly Joe Jones.
Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews. |
