Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer. In the 1950s, Baker earned much attention and critical praise, particularly for albums featuring his vocals, such as Chet Baker Sings. Jazz historian David Gelly descibed the promise of Baker's early career as seemingly representing "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one." However, his "well-publicized drug habit" also drove his notoriety and fame, as Baker was in-and-out of jail for much of his life before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and '80s.
Baker died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
CD – 01
1. Bernie’s Tune (Miller – Stoller – Lieber)
2. Walking Shoes (Mulligan)
3. Freeway (Baker)
4. Frenesi (Dominguez)
5. Nights At The Turntable (Mulligan)
6. Aren’t You Glad You’re You (Burke – Van Heusen – Warrington)
7. Line For Lyons (Mulligan)
8. Carioca (Kahn – Eliscu – Youmans)
9. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers – Hart)
10. Bark For Barksdale (Mulligan)
11. Moonlight In Vermont (Blackburn – Suessdorf)
12. The Lady Is A Tramp (Rodgers – Hart)
13. Turnstile (Mulligan)
14. Makin’ Whoopee (Kahn – Donaldson)
15. Cherry (Gillespie – Daniels)
16. Love Me Or Leave Me (Donaldson – Kahn)
17. Swing House (Mulligan)
18. Jeru (Mulligan)
CD – 02
1. I’m Beginning To See The Light (Ellington – James – Van Heusen)
2. I May Be Wrong (DeLange – Van Heusen)
3. The Nearness Of You (Carmichael – Washington)
4. Tea For Two (Caesar – Youmans)
5. Freeway (Baker)
6. My Old Flame (Coslow – Johnston)
7. Five Brothers (Mulligan)
8. My Funny Valentine (Baker)
9. Come Out Wherever You Are (Baker)
10. What’s New (Baker)
11. Half Nelson (Baker)
12. All The Things You Are (Baker)
13. Bea’s Flat (Freeman)
14. Moon Love (Baker)
15. Happy Little Sunbeam (Freeman)
CD – 03
1. Pro Defunctus (Montrose)
2. Moonlight Becomes You (Van Heusen – Burke)
3. Bockhanal (Montrose)
4. Goodbye (Jenkins)
5. Russ Job (Freeman)
6. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Carmichael)
7. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Young – Petkere)
8. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Baker)
9. A Dandy Line (Montrose)
10. Westwood Walk (Mulligan)
11. Flash (Mulligan)
12. Speak Low (Weill – Nash)
13. Taking A Chance On Love (Latouche – Fetter – Duke)
14. Simbah (Mulligan)
CD – 04
1. I’m Thru With Love (Kahn – Malneck – Livingston)
2. You Don’t Know What Love Is (Raye – DePaul)
3. You Better Go Now (Graham – Reichner)
4. Love Walked In (Gershwin – Gershwin)
5. What A Diff’rence A Day Made (Grevers – Adams)
6. I Married An Angel (Hart – Rodgers)
7. I Love You (Porter)
8. Why Shouldn’t I? (Porter)
9. Trickleydidlier (Rogers)
10. The Wind (Freeman)
11. A Little Duet For Zoot And Chet (Montrose)
12. Imagination (Van Heusen – Burke)
13. Look For The Silver Lining (DeSylva – Kern)
14. Time After Time (Cahn – Styne)
15. But Not For Me (Gershwin – Gershwin)
CD – 05
1. Lady Bird (Dameron)
2. All The Things You Are (Kern – Hammerstein)
3. No Ties (incomplete) (Russell)
4. Stella By Starlight (Young – Washington)
5. Carson City Stage (Smith)
6. Billie’s Bounce (Parker)
7. Out Of Nowhere (Green – Heyman)
8. Deep Purple (De Rose – Parish)
9. Line For Lyons (Mulligan)
CD – 06
1. There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon – Warren)
2. Extra Mild (Urso)
3. Down (Davis)
4. A Night On Bop Mountain (Winding)
5. I Can’t Get Started (Duke – Gershwin)
6. Autumn In New York (Duke)
7. Stella By Starlight (Young – Washington)
8. The Half Dozens (Holman)
9. Rebel At Work (Stevens)
10. Let Me Be Loved (Evans – Livingston)
11. Minor Yours (Pepper)
CD – 07
1. Tynan Time (Pepper)
2. Let’s Get Lost (Loesser – McHugh)
3. Picture Of Heath (Heath)
4. You Don’t Know What Love Is (DePaul – Raye)
5. CTA (Heath)
6. Grey December (Campo)
7. To Mickey’s Memory (Leonard)
8. Lucius Lu (Urso)
9. Jumpin’ Off A Clef (Haig)
10. Music To Dance By (Cohn)
CD – 08
1. My Old Flame (Coslow – Johnston)
2. That Old Feeling (Brown – Fain)
3. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Young – Petkere)
4. Moonlight In Vermont (Seussdorf – Blackburn)
5. My Ideal (Chase – Whiting – Robin)
6. Lush Life (Strayhorn)
7. There’s A Small Hotel (Rodgers – Hart)
8. Dinah (Akst – Lewis – Young)
9. These Foolish Things (Link – Strachey – Marvell)
10. How About You? (Lane – Freed)
11. I’ll Remember April (Johnston – DePaul – Raye)
12. Summertime (Gershwin – DuBose – Heyward)
13. Everything Happens To Me (Carmichael – Mercer)
14. All The Things You Are (Kern – Hammerstein II)
15. Once In A While (Edwards – Green)
CD – 09
1. Slightly Above Moderate (Zieff)
2. Halema (Urso)
3. Revelation (Mulligan)
4. Something For Liza (Cohn)
5. Worryin’ The Live Out Of Me (Mole – Signorelli – Russell)
6. Medium Rock (Zieff)
7. To Mickey’s Memory (alt. Take) (Leonard)
8. Chippyin’ (Leonard)
9. Pawnee Junction (Loughbrough)
10. Line For Lyons (Mulligan – Loughbrough)
CD – 10
1. Chet (Michelot)
2. A Foggy Day (Gershwin – Gershwin)
3. Worryin’ The Live Out Of Me (Mole – Signorelli – Russell)
4. Dinah (Akst – Lewis – Young)
5. Not Too Slow (Michelot)
6. Phil’s Blues (Urso)
7. Darn That Dream (De Lange – Van Heusen)
8. Tenderly (Gross – Lawrence)
9. V-Line (Chevallier)
10. Mythe (Michelot)
