Chet Baker & Crew
| Chet Baker & Crew | ||||
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| Studio album by Chet Baker | ||||
| Released | February 1957[1] | |||
| Recorded |
July 24-25 & 31, 1956 Forum Theater, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length |
63:12 CD reissue with bonus tracks | |||
| Label |
Pacific Jazz PJ 1224 | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
| Chet Baker chronology | ||||
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Chet Baker & Crew is a studio album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Los Angeles in 1956 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[2]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "The numbers heard on Chet Baker & Crew were among a prolific flurry of recordings Baker was involved in during the last week of July 1956 — fresh from an extended European stay".[3]
Track listing
- "To Mickey's Memory" (Harvey Leonard) - 5:12
- "Slightly Above Moderate" (Bob Zieff) - 6:59
- "Halema" (Phil Urso) - 3:51
- "Revelation" (Gerry Mulligan) - 3:58
- "Something For Liza" (Al Cohn) - 4:05
- "Lucius Lu" (Urso) - 5:34
- "Worryin' the Life Out of Me" (Miff Mole, Bob Russell, Frank Signorelli) - 2:59
- "Medium Rock" (Zieff) - 5:30
- "To Mickey's Memory" [Alternate Take] (Leonard) - 5:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Jumpin' Off a Clef" (Al Haig) - 4:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Chippyin'" (Leonard) - 3:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Pawnee Junction" (Bill Loughborough) - 4:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Music to Dance By" (Cohn) - 4:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Line for Lyons" (Mulligan, Loughbrough) - 2:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at the Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California on July 24, 1956 (tracks 9-11), July 25, 1956 (tracks 12-14) and July 31, 1956 (tracks 1-8)
Personnel
- Chet Baker - trumpet, vocals on track 14
- Phil Urso - tenor saxophone
- Bobby Timmons - piano
- Jimmy Bond - bass
- Peter Littman - drums
- Bill Loughborough - chromatic timpani (tracks 1, 9 & 12)
References
- ↑ Billboard Mar 9, 1957
- ↑ Chet Baker discography accessed August 2, 2013
- 1 2 Planer, L. Allmusic Review accessed August 2, 2013
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