Chet Baker - Cool Way To Florence (1956)

This is part of a larger recording recorded rive at Conservatorio Cherubini, Firenze, Italy, January 24, 1956. The complete recording was originally issued on two LPs: Exitus: Live in Europe Vol. 1 (Réplica RP1) & Cool Blues: Live in Europe Vol.2 (Réplica RP2). This is a reissue on CD: OSC 701 (an excerpt of 5 tracks).

Credits:

• Chet Baker - Trumpet, Vocals
• Jean Louis Chautemps - Sax (Tenor)
• Francy Boland - Piano
• Eddie DeHaas - Bass
• Charles Saudrais - Drums

Track List:

1. This Is Always
2. Rays Ideas
3. You Dont Know What Love Is
4. Stella By Starlight
5. Cool Blues

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Other recordings from 1956 & 1957 by Chet Baker:

• Live in Europe 1956
• Live in Europe 1956 Vol. 2
• The Route
• Chet Baker And Crew
• Chet Baker Big Band
• Playboys
• The Chet Baker Quartet With Russ Freeman
• The James Dean Story: Music From The Motion Picture
• Reunion With Chet Baker
• Embraceable You

Other recordings by Francy Boland:

• Off Limits
• Now Hear Our Meanin. the Complete 1963 Recordings
• Music for the Small Hours
• Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band
• Calypso Blues
• Volcano / Rue Chaptal (The Complete Live Recordings At Ronnie Scott's)
• Our Kinda Strauss
• Clarke Boland Big Band En Concert Avec Europe 1 (2 Cd Set)
• Calypso Blues
• Jazz Is Universal / After This Message

Chet Baker - Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965)

Credits (Recorded NYC, August 23, 25 & 29, 1965):

• Chet Baker (flh)
• George Coleman (ts)
• Kirk Lightsey (p)
• Herman Wright (b)
• Roy Brooks (d)

Track List:

1. Go-Go
2. Lament For The Living
3. Pot Luck
4. Bud's Blues
5. Romas
6. On A Misty Night

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Other Recordings:

George Coleman

• Danger High Voltage
• Amsterdam After Dark
• Convergence
• Blues Inside Out
• My horns of plenty
• Dynamic Duo
• Convergence

Kirk Lightsey

• Goodbye Mr. Evans
• Kirk N Marcus
• Salute to Pops - Vol. 1
• Lightsey To Gladden
• From Kirk to Nat
• Lightsey To Gladden
• Everything has changed
• Temptation
• Nights of Bradley's
• Shorter by Two
• Lightsey Live
• Temptation
• Reeds & Keys
• Lightsey 1

Roy Brooks

• Duet In Detroit
• Ethnic Expression
• The Free Slave
• Beat
• Live at Town Hall

The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Lee Konitz (1953)

Gerry Mulligan is considered one of the best baritone saxophonists and was a prominent part of the cool jazz scene. Lee Konitz was an alto sax player who also had deep roots in the cool jazz scene, also performing hard bop and avant-garde jazz. This recording was released the year after trumpeter Chet Baker joined the quartet.

 

Track List:

1. Carson City Stage
2. Cherry
3. Makin' Whoopee
4. Motel
5. I Can't Believe That You're In Love W Me
6. Sextet
7. Lover Man
8. Lady Be Good

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