AMG Review of Chet [Keepnews Collection]

Scott Yanow
All Music Guide

The shifting personnel on this excellent CD find Chet Baker joined by such players as baritonist Pepper Adams, flutist Herbie Mann, pianist Bill Evans, and guitarist Kenny Burrell. This reissue of an LP adds one selection ("Early Morning Mood") formerly only available on a sampler. Fine straight-ahead music that comes from the tail end of the West Coast jazz era.