Chet Baker Ensemble

by Chet Baker

Chet Baker Ensemble cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1954
  • Label: Pacific Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:50
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Surrounding the trumpeter's melancholic, lyrical playing with robust multi-horn arrangements, 'Chet Baker Ensemble' offers a surprisingly muscular take on the West Coast aesthetic. The intricate charts provide a structured, complex backdrop that perfectly offsets his minimalist, vibrato-less improvisations. The release further solidified his status as a leading figure in the cerebral California jazz scene.

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Tracklist

  1. Moonlight Becomes You (03:27)
  2. Ergo (03:11)
  3. Bockhanal (03:00)
  4. Little Old Lady (02:50)
  5. Headline
  6. Goodbye (03:50)
  7. A Dandy Line (02:51)
  8. Pro Defunctus

Credits

  • Ron McMaster - Re Mastering
  • Michael Cuscuna - Producer
  • Jack Montrose - Arranger, Tenor Saxophone
  • Allan Emig - Engineer
  • Chet Baker - Trumpet
  • Russ Freeman - Piano
  • Herb Geller - Saxophone
  • Bob Gordon - Baritone Saxophone
  • Shelly Manne - Drums (drum Set)
  • Joe Mondragon - Double Bass
  • Richard Bock - Producer

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