Chet Baker in Europe

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Chet Baker in Europe
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Studio album by
Chet Baker
Released1956
RecordedOctober 11 & 24, 1955
Paris, France
Genre Jazz
Label Pacific Jazz
PJ 1218
Producer Richard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
Chet Baker Sings and Plays
(1955)		Chet Baker in Europe
(1956)		 The Route
(1956)

Chet Baker in Europe (subtitled A Jazz Tour of the NATO Countries) is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker drawn from sessions recorded in Paris in 1955 for Barclay Records and released in the U.S. on the Pacific Jazz label. [1] One consists largely of compositions by Bob Zieff, which pianist Dick Twardzik had introduced to Baker's repertoire; the other side consists of standards, recorded with a different quartet after Twardzik's death from a heroin overdose. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic rated the album with 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:16
  2. "You Go to My Head" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) - 5:54
  3. "Tenderly" (Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross) - 6:39
  4. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 7:06
  5. "There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:48
  6. "Rondette" (Bob Zieff) - 2:11
  7. "Piece Caprice" (Zieff) - 5:12
  8. "Mid-Forte" (Zieff) - 3:08
  9. "Pomp" (Zieff) - 4:42
  10. "Sad Walk" (Zieff) - 4:14
  11. "The Girl from Greenland" (Richard Twardzik) - 5:16

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Chet Baker discography accessed August 2, 2013
  2. ↑ Chambers, Jack (October 2004). "Revenge of the Underground Jazz Composer" (PDF). Sirena. 2: 130–140.
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed August 2, 2013
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