Chet Baker
Chet Is Back!
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AMG Review of Chet Is Back!
Matt Collar
All Music GuideRecorded in Italy in 1962, Chet Is Back! showcases the "cool" trumpeter cutting loose on such op-oriented workouts as "Pent-Up House" and "Well, You Needn't." Backed skillfully by a young cadre of up-and-coming European musicians, including the stellar saxophonist Bobby Jaspar, Chet Baker may have never sounded better, including on the allads. One listen to "Over the Rainbow" and it's clear this is an overlooked Baker classic. [Fans should check out the 2003 reissue of Chet Is Back!, which includes four orchestral pop bonus tracks Baker recorded with Ennio Morricone around the same time as this session.]
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