Chet Baker - Complete Chet Baker In Paris (2017)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Rondette
02. Mid-Forte
03. Sad Walk
04. Re-Search
05. Just Duo
06. Piece Caprice
07. Pomp
08. The Girl From Greenland
09. Brash
10. Summertime
11. You Go To My Head
12. Tenderly

CD2
01. Lover Man
02. There'S A Small Hotel
03. Autumn In New York
04. These Foolish Things
05. I'Ll Remember April
06. Chet
07. Dinah
08. V-Line (First Version)
09. Alone Together
10. Exitus
11. Once In A While
12. Chekeetah

CD3
01. How About You
02. Anticipated Blues
03. Tasty Pudding
04. Mythe
05. Not Too Slow
06. V-Line (Second Version)
07. In A Little Provincial Town
08. Mythe (Second Version)
09. Chet (Second Version)
10. Not Too Slow (Second Version)
11. Dinah (Second Version)
12. V-Line (Third Version)
13. Let Me Be Loved
14. Just Friends
15. Let'S Get Lost
16. I Fall In Love Too Easily
17. My Funny Valentine



This 3-CD collection presents all of the music originally issued from Chet Baker’s studio sessions made for the Barclay label during his first European tour in 1955 and 1956, which was initially presented on three LPs. Most of these sessions are in a quartet or a quintet format. The very first two feature the splendid pianist Dick Twardzik, who would die in Paris from a drug overdose soon after the recordings were made. Also featured on this set are Bobby Jaspar, René Urtreger, Francy Boland & Jean-Louis Viale, among others.

Back in Los Angeles in 1956, Chet re-recorded with a larger group five of the tunes from the French sessions using the very same arrangements by Pierre Michelot and Christian Chevallier. Those tunes have been added here as a bonus, along with five all-time classics by Chet, among them his unforgettable readings of “I Fall in Love Too Easily” and “My Funny Valentine.”

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