Chet

Chet Baker With Bill Evans, Chet Baker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: HARMONIA MUNDI USA
• ASIN: B000001PEF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,888 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fallen Angel - Chet, May 27, 2001

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Dino Fantegrossi (Scituate, Ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chet (20 Bit Mastering) (Audio CD)

I own 20 Chet Baker CDs, and I play them virtually every day. As a "50 something" jazz fan with over 250 jazz CDs I can honestly say that the only time my wife will join me in the music room is when I have a Chet Baker Cd playing. I think that this is significant...Chet Baker's appeal seems to cross over more lines than that of any other jazz performer. I used to think that it was the VOICE that grabbed my wife's attention, but her favorite Chet Baker album is this one..."CHET". This album has no singing. It does have 9 extended cuts of standards played perfectly by Chet Baker and a sextet of brilliantly accomplished musicians. Some of the personnel matchups are (for me) like a dream come true: Chet Baker and Bill Evans; Chet Baker and the great Kenny Burrell; Chet and Herbie Mann.

I think the keys to this albums great success are easy to define: 1. A lucid and motivated Chet Baker on trumpet 2. A tremendous group of "name" musicians 3. A great grouping of excellent jazz standards. 4. An adequate amount of playing time to develop and explore each piece completely.

I do admit that I love ballads and never find an album completely composed of "mood" songs or "slow" songs boring. This is an album totally devoted to the ballad, so if you are looking for bop or up tempo stuff I suggest that you look elsewhere. But if you know Mr. Baker's lyrical approach to jazz or if you appreciate the almost zen like quality of Miles Davis'"Kind of Blue" album, then I am sure you will appreciate "Chet".

I think that this CD is timeless and of the highest quality available. There are times on this album (You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" is one) when Chet Baker is off in a world of beauty of his own. The rest of the band tries to play with him, but Chet has moved to another plane leaving the listener to sit in almost stunned amazement, and plan the next Chet Baker Cd purchase.

I hope that you will try this CD. I am very sure that you will find it to be one of the permanent jazz classics if you do. Cheers!

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Chet cd of all time..., May 11, 2000

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Jack Dempsey (South Miami Beach, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chet (Audio CD)

Such a beautiful, beautiful recording from a life fraught with tragedy.

I guess I pretty much sum it up with the caption above. This is my favorite Chet Baker recording ever. I own approximately 12 other Chet cd's, yet this is the one I play over and over and over.

This is Chet at his best. A, fairly, young Chet, still in his prime. It's very smooth, soft, and laid back. Pefect Chet. No singing Chet here though. In order to hear the naivete at it's best, you'll just have to pick up "Chet sings."

In short, I love this recording. It's one of the best out there. And lastly, Chet's version of "September Song" is one of the best you will EVER hear.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Stated, a Beautiful Chet Baker CD, November 9, 2001

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R. Angeloni "slicktiger28" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chet (20 Bit Mastering) (Audio CD)

Feeling stressed by events of the day? Then by all means, purchase this CD and pop it into your stereo. This is a total stress reducer. There's no singing on this album, it's all ballads. Chet is surrounded by a host of jazz greats -- including Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Bill Evans and Philly Joe Jones -- and the sound is rich, delicate, and soothing. Recorded in the late 1950s, the 20 bit, K2 remastered version sounds great. You can almost hear the breathing.
Highly recommended.