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Chet Baker's penultimate session for Riverside -- which was strictly instrumental -- produced an all-star lineup to support him, including jazz heavyweights Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. Each of them makes important contributions to the session. Adams' baritone sax solo on "Alone Together" is one of the album's high points, while Herbie Mann and Bill Evans make their presence known on several cuts. Baker possessed one of the most melodious trumpets in jazz, compelling in its simplicity. Rarely extending his range above a single octave, he nonetheless had few peers when it came to slow, romantic ballads, which
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Chet is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker first released in 1959. The record is sometimes subtitled The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker. Chet features performances by Baker with alto flautist Herbie Mann, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, pianist Bill Evans, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, and either Connie Kay or Philly Joe Jones playing drums. It was recorded in December 1958 and January 1959 and released on the Riverside label.
| 1 | Alone Together | ♡ | 6:50 | Arthur Schwartz / Schwartz & Dietz / Howard Dietz |
| 2 | How High the Moon | ♡ | 3:35 | Morgan Lewis / Nancy Hamilton |
| 3 | It Never Entered My Mind | ♡ | 4:39 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 4 | ’Tis Autumn | ♡ | 5:15 | Henry Nemo |
| 5 | If You Could See Me Now | ♡ | 5:15 | Tadd Dameron / Carl Sigman |
| 6 | September Song | ♡ | 3:03 | Kurt Weill / Maxwell Anderson |
| 7 | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To | ♡ | 4:30 | Cole Porter |
| 8 | Time on My Hands (You in My Arms) | ♡ | 4:32 | Mack Gordon / Harold Adamson / Vincent Youmans |
| 9 | You and the Night and the Music | ♡ | 4:05 | Arthur Schwartz / Howard Dietz |
| 10 | Early Morning Mood | ♡ | 9:13 | Chet Baker |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000191453
Credits
Bass — Carson Smith, Jimmy Bond, Joe Mondragon Drums — Bob Neel, Lawrence Marable, Peter Littman, Shelly Manne Piano — Russ Freeman Celesta — Russ Freeman Vocals — Chet Baker Trumpet — Chet Baker
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