Chet Baker and His Quintet with Bobby Jaspar

by Chet Baker

Chet Baker and His Quintet with Bobby Jaspar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Barclay
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:53
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a prolific European tour, the trumpeter integrates seamlessly with the prominent Belgian tenor saxophonist and flutist. The Parisian sessions retain his signature melancholic lyricism while adopting a slightly harder, more aggressive rhythmic edge favored by the local rhythm sections.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. How About You (4:27)
  2. Once in a While (5:35)
  3. Cheteekah (6:00)
  4. Alone Together (3:51)
  5. Chet (3:09)
  6. Dinah (3:01)
  7. Tasty Pudding (4:43)
  8. Anticipated Blues (2:30)
  9. Vline (3:02)
  10. Exitus (8:30)

Credits

  • Chet Baker - primary artist, trumpet
  • Bobby Jaspar - primary artist, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Teddy Hameline - alto saxophone
  • William Boucaya - baritone saxophone
  • Benoit Quersin - bass
  • Pierre Lemarchand - drums
  • Francy Boland - piano
  • Armand Migiani - tenor saxophone

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