A Chet Baker Summertime
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Having been through the most daunting and destructive problems and inactive in music, Chet Baker got himself together personally and musically in 1973 and went to New York for a comeback. The comeback had its ups and downs, but there were periods when the trumpeter's work equaled or surpassed the playing of his poll-winning years in the 1950s. Once Upon a Summertime is from one of those periods. With the powerful young tenor saxophonist Gregory Herbert, pianist Harold Danko, and the perfectly-matched bass/drums team of Ron Carter and Mel Lewis, Baker regained his old lyricism and added a sinewy bebop strength that came as a welcome surprise to many listeners.
Nice stuff
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Hmmmmmm. not bad. Where's everybody go?
I was thinkin the same thing.
Well, here you are :-)
Oh yeah, thats me....the life of the party. Shall i dance?
rattle those bones!
I got my mojo woikin!
ooooooooooooh - I'm feelin' it
Nice post, inrumford. Baker sounds all geared up in good form. I like Ron Carter's bass sounds on "Tidal Breeze," and Gregory Herbert has the stuff as well.
Check out "Irresistible You" from what was probably Baker's first-ever recording session, with Charlie Parker at a Monday night jam session at an L.A.-area club The Tradewinds in 1952. A few days earlier Parker had put out word that he needed a trumpet player for a two-week gig at a different club. Every trumpet player in town showed for the audition. Baker, just out of the service, was hired on the spot by Parker after playing two tunes. On this track, Baker follows Parker at about the 1:52 mark, and is followed by altoist Sonny Criss.
great story, super tune - a very nice addition to this post
thanks so much!