Chet Baker

Artist:  Chet Baker
Birth Name:  Chesney Henry Baker
Born:  December 23, 1929.  Yale, Oklahoma, USA
Died:  May 13, 1988 (Aged 58).  Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bebop, West Coast Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Trumpet Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Trumpet, Vocals, Flugelhorn, Piano

Chet Baker was an American Jazz Trumpeter, and Vocalist.  He was a primary exponent of the West Coast School of Cool Jazz in the early and mid-'50s.  He plays with Vido Musso's Band, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan.  His well known song "My Funny Valentine", and "My Old Flame".

Title:  Chet  (1992)
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bebop, West Coast Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Trumpet Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label:  Riverside Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Alone Together  (6:53)
 2.  How High The Moon  (3:37)
 3.  It Never Entered My Mind  (4:42)
 4.  'Tis Autumn  (5:18)
 5.  If You Could See Me Now  (5:18)
 6.  September Song  (3:06)
 7.  You'd Be Nice To Come Home To  (4:33)
 8.  Time On My Hands (You In My Arms)  (4:33)
 9.  You And The Night And The Music  (4:07)
10. Early Morning Mood  (9:03)

Personnel:

Chet Baker:  Trumpet
Pepper Adams:  Baritone Saxophone on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
Herbie Mann:  Alto Flute on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
Kenny Burrell:  Guitar on Tracks:  3, 6
Bill Evans:  Piano on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
Paul Chambers:  Bass 
Connie Kay:  Drums on Tracks:  1-3, 5-7
Philly Joe Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  4, 8-10

Chet is an album in 1959 by Chet Baker, originally released in 1959 by Riverside Records, remastered and reissued in 1992 by Riverside Records/Fantasy, featuring Kenny Burrell, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Connie Kay and Philly Joe Jones.