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".

Artist:  Chet Baker & Art Pepper 
Title:  Playboys  (2025)
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bebop, West Coast Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Trumpet Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label:  Ermitage Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  For Minors Only  (4:04)
 2.  Minor Yours  (6:45)
 3.  Resonant Emotions  (5:44)
 4.  Tynan Time  (5:35)

Side Two:

 1.  Picture Of Heath  (6:47)
 2.  For Miles And Miles  (6:28)
 3.  C.T.A.  (5:16)

Personnel:

Chet Baker:  Trumpet
Art Pepper:  Alto Saxophone

Phil Urso:  Tenor Saxophone
Carl Perkins:  Piano
Curtis Counce:  Bass
Larance Marable:  Drums



Playboys is a 1956 Jazz Album by Chet Baker & Art Pepper, originally released on October 31, 1956 by Pacific Jazz, remastered and reissued on July 11, 2025, featuring Phil Urso, Carl Perkins, Curtis Counce, Larance Marable.