Chet Baker - The Italian Sessions (1962)

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Title: The Italian Sessions
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: RCA Victor [09026 68590-2]
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 55:12
Total Size: 321 MB(+3%) | 130 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Well You Needn't (Monk) - 6:25
02. These Foolish Things (Strachey-Link-Marwell) - 4:59
03. Barbados (Parker) - 8:31
04. Star Eyes (Raye-DePaul) - 7:02
05. Somewhere over the Rainbow (Arlen) - 3:31
06. Pent-Up House (Rollins) - 6:54
07. Ballata in Forma di Blues (Tommasi) - 10:07
08. Blues in the Closet (Pettiford) - 7:43
Chet Baker - The Italian Sessions (1962)

personnel :

Chet Baker - trumpet
Bobby Jaspar - tenor saxophone, flute
Rene Thomas - guitar
Amadeo Tommasi - piano
Benoit Quersin - bass
Daniel Humair - drums

Throughout the 1950s Chet Baker gained fame as a quiet, low-register trumpeter with a cool tone and a relaxed style. This CD should therefore be a major surprise to listeners who believe he was incapable of playing heated material, or of utilizing the upper register of his horn. Assisted by a fine European sextet (including Bobby Jaspar on tenor and flute and guitarist Rene Thomas), Baker is heard in peak form throughout this memorable and frequently exciting bop date. [Originally issued as Chet Is Back!.]~Scott Yanow