American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist. A tragic figure with immense talent, both in his silvery fingered trumpet playing and his wonderfully soft and heartfelt voice.
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals (Chet Baker Sings, It Could Happen to You).
Discography:(PARTLY)
Pacific Jazz
West Coast Live - with Stan Getz (1953-54)
The Chet Baker Quartet (1953)
Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953)
Grey December (1953)
Chet Baker Sextet (1954)
Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954)
Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Chet Baker Sings and Plays - with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman & Strings (1955)
Chet Baker in Europe (1955)
Chet Baker & Crew (1956)
Chet Baker Big Band (1956)
Playboys (1956)
Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (1956)
Riverside/Jazzland:
(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
Chet Baker in New York also released as Polka Dots and Moonbeams (1958)
Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace - with Johnny Pace (1958)
Chet (1959)
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
Chet Baker in Milan (1959)
Steeple Chase:
Day Break (1979)
No Problem (1979)
Someday My Prince Will Come (1979)
The Touch of Your Lips (1979)
This Is Always (1979)
Other labels:
Chet Baker & Strings (Columbia, 1954)
My Funny Valentine (Philology, 1954)
Live in Europe (Accord, 1956)
Stan Meets Chet - with Stan Getz (Verve, 1958)
Chet Is Back! (RCA, 1962)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Bluebird, 1962)
Chet Baker Sings and Plays (Colpix, 1964)
She Was Too Good to Me (Columbia, 1974)
Chet Baker
Chet Baker - Chet ( 180g vinyl LP)
( 1959 ) 2010 EU reissue 180g vinyl LP - Every musician has his area of expertise and for Chet Baker that area was the ballad. Therefore, this album dedicated entirely to ballads, gives listeners a chance to hear Baker doing what he does best and when Che
€19,95
Chet Baker - Sings (180g yellow vinyl LP )
( 1954 ) 2018 EU reissue 180g yellow vinyl LP - Chet Bakers 1954 classic debut as a singer showcases with 14 finally phrased songs revealing a voice full of tenderness and beauty. Recorded with pianist Russ Freeman, including "My Funny Valentine," of cour
€19,95
Chet Baker -Alone Together ( & Bill Evans) ( 180g vinyl LP )
( 1958 ) 2011 EU reissue 180g vinyl LP - Forever on the cutting edge of jazz, trumpeter Chet Baker and pianist Bill Evans crafted "Alone Together" as a cool, bluesy gem on Dec. 28, 1958. It was released a month later to much acclaim and popular approval.
€18,95
Chet Baker - No problem ( 180g vinyl LP )
( 1979 ) 2005 EU Steeple Chase reissue ( 180g vinyl LP ) This is arguably Chet Bakers best recording for Steeple Chase, and its also one of the hardest to find. This recording is great because it is unlike most other Bak...
€32,95
Chet Baker Chet Baker & Strings ( 180g vinyl HQ LP )
( 1954 ) 2018 EU reissue (180g vinyl LP )as part of William Claxton Collection - This release offers a unique glimpse of a young Chet Baker in a quintet setting, complemented by a nine-piece string section. Recorded during three sessions in 1953 with Z
€39,95
Chet Baker Picture Of Heath ( HQ vinyl LP ) (Phil Urso & Art Pepper ) ( Blue Note's Tone Poets Series mono )
1958 - 2022 Blue Note'sTone Poets Series- Having teamed up on two prior Pacific Jazz recordings, trumpeter Chet Baker & alto saxophonist Art Pepper continued their fruitful collaboration with the supremely swinging 1956 album Picture of Heath (which was o
€54,95
Chet Baker -Chet (180g vinyl LP )
( 1959 ) 2020 EU reissue (180g vinyl LP ) Every musician has his area of expertise and for Chet Baker that area was the ballad. Therefore, this album dedicated entirely to ballads, gives listeners a chance to hear Baker doing what he does best and when Ch
€18,95
