No Problem (Chet Baker album)

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No Problem
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Studio album by
Chet Baker Quartet
Released1980
RecordedOctober 2, 1979
Studio Sweet Silence, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length51:19CD release with bonus track
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1131
Producer Nils Winther
Chet Baker chronology
All Blues
(1979)
No Problem
(1980)
Daybreak
(1979)

No Problem is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker's Quartet featuring Duke Jordan which was recorded in 1979 and released the following year on the Danish SteepleChase label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn states "Pianist Duke Jordan's presence adds some punch and spark to this quartet session, which is further helped along by bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and selections that are suited for Baker's increasingly mellow and wavering playing.". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Jordan

  1. "No Problem" – 9:45
  2. "Sultry Eve" – 7:04
  3. "Glad I Met Pat" – 5:08
  4. "Kiss of Spain" – 7:15
  5. "The Fuzz" – 6:05
  6. "My Queen Is Home to Stay" – 7:13
  7. "Jealous Blues" – 8:48 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

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References

  1. SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed May 22, 2017
  2. Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/30000 series discography accessed May 22, 2017
  3. Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 22, 2017
  4. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 22, 2017
  5. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. No Problem – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  6. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 67. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.