Chet Baker

Chet Chet Baker Reissue, High quality edition

Chesney Henry Baker Jr was more than just a trumpet player.

He was so many things to so many people. To some, a Bix

Beiderbecke for the post-bebop generation, forever creating

lyrical phrases that sometimes jumped for joy, or opting for a

melancholy beauty, so sad you could almost hear the tears

falling. To others he was a flawed Hollywood hero, a face that

set him apart from the usual run of 52nd Street icons; a From

Here To Eternity Montgomery Clift or James Dean in headhung

frustration in Rebel Without A Cause. Released in 1959

the Chet album proved to be one of the trumpet star's last

offerings before heading back to Europe for what would

become know as the Milano sessions.