Chet Baker

Chet Baker, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Philip Catherine – Signature (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · April 7, 2024 · Comments off

Deluxe CD presentation with extensive booklet – remastered from the original tapes. 1985 was perhaps the best year of the last phase of Chet Baker’s career and his recordings with Philip Catherine and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse are clear proof of this. These, in general, are of great artistic standing and show that the trio, born almost extemporaneously, had turned into a real group, in which the musicians conversed with each other, but also had ample spaces to express themselves as soloists. A trio without piano and drums in which the lyricism of Baker’s trumpet, Catherine’s nervous guitar phrasing, as well as the solidity of Rassinfosse’s constant rhythmic drive, ensured the music a surprising balance based on contrasts.

Recorded September 14, 1985 during the 12th Foggia Jazz Festival.

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Chet Baker – Signature (2024) [24Bit-48kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️

Studio Masters By admin · April 6, 2024 · Comments off

Chet Baker – Signature (2024) [24Bit-48kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 00:49:50 minutes | 494 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings (1954/2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · February 27, 2024 · Comments off

Chet Baker Sings is the debut vocal album by jazz musician Chet Baker, released in 1954 by Pacific Jazz Records. In 2001, the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award. Baker would return to selections from this album throughout his career. “My Funny Valentine” was regularly included in his concert performances, and is considered by some to be his signature song.

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Chet Baker – The Chet Baker Quartet Recordings (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · February 25, 2024 · Comments off

This session was recorded on Monday, October 24, 1955, between 14 and 21 o’clock at the Pathe-Maggellan studio in Paris. On October 24, only Jimmy Bond was still with Chet: Peter Littman had returned to America and his place was now taken by Nils-Bertil ‘Bert’ Dahlander, a Swedish drummer who had accompanied Lars Gullin. On the keyboard was an almost unknown pianist named Gérard Gustin, whom Eddie Barclay had just signed. Due to these connections, the band were forced to resort to standards – Chet was able to play them better than anyone else. He chose eight tracks: “These Foolish Things”, which remained in the quartet’s repertoire for a while, and five others, which the trumpeter plays here for the first time: “There’s a Small Hotel”, “Autumn in New York”, “Summertime”, “You Go To My Head” and “Tenderly”, as well as another two – “I’ll Remember April” and “Lover Man” – which he performed less than ten days earlier with Lars Gullin and Dick Twardzik, whose disappearance Chet still did not want to accept. Under these circumstances, the whole session exudes a certain sadness that cannot be hidden, no matter in what key or at what tempo.

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Chet Baker – Theme Music from “The James Dean Story” (1957/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 6, 2023 · Comments off

Theme Music from “The James Dean Story” is a 1956 soundtrack album to the James Dean biopic, The James Dean Story composed by Leith Stevens and featuring trumpeter Chet Baker and saxophonist Bud Shank.

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Chet Baker – Sings And Plays For Lovers Vol.1 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 31, 2023 · Comments off

Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the “Prince of Cool”.

Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals: Chet Baker Sings (1954) and It Could Happen to You (1958). Jazz historian Dave Gelly described the promise of Baker’s early career as “James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one”. His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame. Baker was in and out of jail frequently before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and 1980s.

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Chet Baker – Italian Movies: Chet Baker Plays Piero Umiliani (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 31, 2023 · Comments off

Brings together the complete film recordings by legendary Italian composer Piero Umiliani featuring iconic West Coast trumpeter Chet Baker. This, the first release on the critically acclaimed Jazz On Film series dedicated to jazz icons also includes one of the rarest Umiliani soundtracks, ‘Intrigo A Los Angeles’… a marvelous jazz score with the maestro himself at the piano. In 1964, C. A. M released an album with 15 mono cues (38:00 in length) that is now one of the rarest vinyl’s in their catalogue, coveted by fans of the Firenze composer and jazz lovers alike. For this CD, the original mono master session tapes were used on which was discovered some unreleased material, bringing the total running time up to 43:12 – everything that was recorded for the movie. Audio restoration has improved the sound immensely making for a great listening experience.

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Chet Baker – In Paris 1955-56 (2008) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 31, 2023 · Comments off

At the age of ten, Baker received a trombone from his father, who was a guitarist. Chet soon switched to the trumpet and quickly learned to play swing tunes and improvise as a self-taught musician. His special ability was to grasp harmonic relationships melodically. Baker composed very little.

At first he played in the school orchestra, then at public dances. In 1946 he enlisted in the military and joined the 298th Army Band in Berlin. In 1948 he was mustered out. He studied theory and harmony at El Camino College in Los Angeles, playing in clubs at night. In 1950 he rejoined the Army and became a member of the 6th Army Band at Presidio in San Francisco. Then he asked for his discharge and decided to become a professional jazz musician.

In spring 1952 he became a trumpet player in Charlie Parker’s band. Baker became famous as a trumpet player in Gerry Mulligan’s piano-less quartet that played at The Haig in Los Angeles. The single My Funny Valentine, released in 1952 on Fantasy Records, became a hit and it was henceforth a kind of signature for Baker, which he played again and again in countless variations until the end of his life. Baker is often referred to as a representative of this style, partly because of his association with Mulligan, who, along with Lennie Tristano, is considered a leading figure in cool jazz. His recordings demonstrate his great versatility in many styles of jazz.

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Chet Baker – Let’s Get Lost (2013) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA 2.0

Music Videos By admin · August 15, 2023 · Comments off

Title: Chet Baker – Let’s Get Lost
Released: 2013
Genre: Jazz, documentary

Released: Lucky Red
Duration: 3:09:51
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: PCM, DTS
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 30000 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio # 2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1742 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit / DN -7dB)
Size: 31.64 GiB

…A Precious Document this of Bruce Weber, that reveals The soul of this Extraordinary and Inimitable Artist, to a few months after his absurd death occurred in May of 1988, a very special Soul , which make in contrasts his incomparable talent and a great inner fragility equally unique, extremely and deep-rooted .
…For those who do not know him, Chet Baker was (and still is) one of the most Great, the Greatest Jazz trumpet player in the World, and one of the main members of the so-called Cool Jazz, in the golden years (50/60 ) was by far the best and with his performances she could outshine even as sacred Monster like Miles Davis – Louis Armstrong – Dizzy Gillespie, etc… , and has worked and knew precisely the Greatest, as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie etc … and Charlie Parker that choosing to play in his band, he later said to his colleagues, “beware of this white boy, he has a great talent and he will hear very often from now on …”.
…In addition to the trumpet, very soon also became vocalist/singer, with a very soft voice , romantic, melancholic at times (of course depending on the characteristic of his performance), especially in the last years of his life, always in the golden years, with His extraordinary voice, even managed to equalize the incomparable Nat King Cole.
…A big great talent we said, so much so that in 11 years when he was given the first Trumpet (from his father, a former Musician Guitarist) after a while he was already able to replicate perfectly the Greatest Classics of the Great Composers, had music in their blood, many of his friends and colleagues argued often with more than a hint of envy, while that for them to succeed in their art necessarily had to practice constantly, for him instead not, for Chet Backer was all very easy, instinctive, genuine, and everything came from the depths of his heart, his soul, his infinite Passion .
…Like all the Greatest, he soon “surrendered” and fell into the tunnel of heroin addiction, which has led many legal problems as well as physical (as a result of “aggression” never clearly elucidated, are extracted to him all his teeth and he had to learn to play again with dentures, a very difficult thing), even and especially here with us in Italy where he resided for a long time and worked with our Greatest Artists of the Age, as well as in many Italian Films .
…Besides it had ( had, up to the end of his days, despite everything) so many Beautiful Women, since himself was very beautiful, in more besides the beauty, it possessed a bewitching magnetic character, united to an extreme gentleness in the ways to do and to speak, and this happened also live in his performances .
…And in fact, it was his Photography on one of his LPs to attract the attention of Director Weber (at the time he was just a child), until they met again in 1986 and Bruce Weber offered him to shoot this documentary that traces to broadly throughout his Magnificent and Amazing career , so its Superb Music, as well as his character, his life, his friends, his colleagues, the great characters (of the Music, but not only) known to him, its loves, his family, his children, in short, an extremely Document Deep and Detailed, to the Entire Existence of Chet Backer .
…The last 10/15 minutes in particular of this splendid documentary, are truly Unique and are Touching Beauty , then if you get the chance to see it, you’ll understand why .

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Chet Baker – Chet (Mono) (1959/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 13, 2023 · Comments off

Limited MONO Edition of Chet Baker’s 1959 Riverside album Chet. Featuring jazz legends Bill Evans, Pepper Adams, Herbie Mann, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay and Philly Joe Jones, with all-analog mastering from the original MONO tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

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Chet Baker – At Capolinea (Remastered) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 13, 2023 · Comments off

At Capolinea is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, recorded in Milan and originally on the Italian Jii label as Al Capolinea before being more widely released by Red Records. It features, among others, Italian guitarist Nicola Stilo and French pianist Michel Graillier, both of which contributed with original compositions.

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Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker – Carnegie Hall Concert (Remastered) (1975/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · February 15, 2023 · Comments off

Live recording at Carnegie Hall on November 24, 1974.

Chet Baker, who once dominated the world as a cool jazz hero, revived brilliantly after a long stagnation and wandering life due to drug damage, etc. A live album of a co-starring concert after a long absence. The standard songs and Mulligan’s original songs are heard as if they were able to play in New York again. By the way, the guitar is John Scofield, which is also his first recording.

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Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Chet Baker – Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1955/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · February 9, 2023 · Comments off

Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Chet Baker - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1955/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His pianoless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz groups. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions, such as “Walkin’ Shoes” and “Five Brothers”, have become standards…
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Chet Baker – A Lonely Winter (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · January 7, 2023 · Comments off

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Chet Baker – Baker’s Holiday (1965/2013) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Blu-Ray Audio By admin · November 28, 2022 · Comments off

Chet Baker – Baker’s Holiday (1965/2013) | 4.47 GB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, West Coast Jazz | Duration: 00:32:10

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1965’s Baker’s Holiday finds the jazz legend Chet Baker paying homage to the music of Billie Holiday on flugelhorn and vocals with first-rate accompaniment from Everett Barksdale (guitar), Richard Davis (bass), Hank Jones (piano), Connie Kay (drums) and an astute reed section. With elegant arrangements by Jimmy Mundy and a bygone big band feel, the 10-song set includes potent tributes to Lady Day fare like “Easy Living,” “Mean To Me” and “These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)” among others.

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