Chet Baker in Tokyo

The performances are remarkable because they take in, at the highest level, everything that people said Chet could do – play ballads with almost painful, poetic eloquence – and what many said he could not: blow hard and tough enough so as to make the trumpet sound its essence.

Rick Anderson of AllMusic said the album "shows he was still in complete control of his musical faculties, playing not just beautifully and well, but with energy and even speed despite his deteriorating health." ^[5]

Track listing

Source: ^[5]

Disc one:

1. "Stella by Starlight" – 10:50
2. "For Minors Only" – 7:40
3. "Almost Blue" – 7:53
4. "Portrait in Black and White" – 15:46
5. "My Funny Valentine" – 13:14

Disc two:

1. "Four" – 7:28
2. "Arborway" – 14:00
3. "I'm A Fool to Want You" – 11:22
4. "Seven Steps to Heaven" – 7:56
5. "For All We Know" – 8:57
6. "Broken Wing" – 10:08

Personnel

Musicians

• Chet Baker – trumpet & vocals
• Harold Danko – piano
• Hein Van Der Geyn – acoustic bass
• John Engels – drums

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Production

• Yoichi Nakao – Producer

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References

1. イン・トーキョー～愛蔵版～ | チェット・ベイカー [In Tokyo —Memorial Box— | Chet Baker]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
2. Vinocur, John (February 22, 2008). "A glorious moment in Chet Baker's twilight". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
3. メモリーズ | チェット・ベイカー [Memories | Chet Baker]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
4. フォア | チェット・ベイカー [Four | Chet Baker]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
5. "Chet Baker in Tokyo – Chet Baker | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
6. "MY FUNNY VALENTINE CHET BAKER IN TOKYO". The Library of Congress. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

External links

• Live performance

Chet Baker in Tokyo
Originally designed for Chet Baker in Tokyo: Memories (1988).
Live album by Chet Baker
Released	October 21, 1993 [1]
Recorded	June 14, 1987
Venue	Hitomi Memorial Hall, Showa Women's University, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz
Length	115:14
Label	King; Paddle Wheel; Evidence Music
Producer	Yoichi Nakao
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Discography
Pacific Jazz	Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953) Grey December (1953) West Coast Live (1953-54 [1997]) Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954) The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (1954) Chet Baker Sings (1954) Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1955) Chet Baker in Europe (1955) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Playboys (1956) Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (1956) Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (1956 [1957]) Embraceable You (1957) Pretty/Groovy (1953-1957 [1958]) A Taste of Tequila (1966) Hats Off (1966) Quietly There (1966) Double-Shot (1966) Into My Life (1966) In the Mood (1966)
Riverside/Jazzland	(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958) Chet Baker in New York (1958) Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace (1958) Chet (1959) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) Chet Baker in Milan (1959) Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1959)
Prestige	Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965)
Enja	Oh You Crazy Moon (1978 [2003]) Peace (1982) Strollin' (1985)
Other labels	Witch Doctor (1953) Chet Baker & Strings (1954) Stan Meets Chet (1958) Chet Is Back! (1962) The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964) Baker's Holiday (1965) Baby Breeze (1965) Double-Shot (1966) Albert's House (1969) Blood, Chet and Tears (1970) In Concert (with Lee Konitz, 1974 [1982]) She Was Too Good to Me (1974) Once Upon a Summertime (1977 [1980]) You Can't Go Home Again (1977) The Best Thing for You (1977 [1989]) Live at Nick's (1978 [1987]) Ballads for Two (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979) The Touch of Your Lips (1979) All Blues (with Rachel Gould) (1979) Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979 [1980]) Daybreak (1979 [1980]) Rendez-Vous (1979 [1980]) No Problem (1979 [1980]) This Is Always (1979 [1982]) Someday My Prince Will Come (1979 [1983]) Studio Trieste (1982) Out of Nowhere (1982 [1991]) Crystal Bells (1983) Line for Lyons (with Stan Getz) (1983) Everything Happens to Me (with Kirk Lightsey) (1983 [1984]) At Capolinea (1983 [1984]) Mr. B (1983 [1984]) The Improviser (1983 [1984]) Diane (1985) Chet's Choice (1985) Candy (1985) Blues for a Reason (1985) Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma (1985) Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker (1985 [1987]) There'll Never Be Another You (with Philip Catherine) (1985 [1997]) Chet Baker Sings Again (1985 [1986]) As Time Goes By (1986) When Sunny Gets Blue (1986) Cool Cat (1986 [1989]) Chet Baker in Tokyo (1987)
As sideman	Reunion with Chet Baker (with Gerry Mulligan, 1957) A Sign of the Times (with Joe Pass, 1965) Carnegie Hall Concert (with Gerry Mulligan, 1974 [1975]) Silence (with Charlie Haden, 1987)
Compositions	"Freeway" "Chetty's Lullaby" "Motivo su raggio di luna" "So che ti perderò" "Il mio domani"
As actor	Hell's Horizon (1955) Howlers in the Dock (1960)
Films	Let's Get Lost (1988) Born to Be Blue (2015)
Scores	Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959)
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