Chet Baker Big Band

Chet Baker Big Band is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1956 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1]

Chet Baker Big Band
Studio album by
Chet Baker
Released1956
RecordedOctober 18, 19 & 26, 1956
Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
LabelPacific Jazz
PJ 1229
ProducerRichard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
Chet Baker & Crew
(1956)		 Chet Baker Big Band
(1956)		 Playboys
(1956)

The album contains three tracks performed by an eleven piece group and seven tracks played by a nine piece group.

The repertoire is a mix of standards and original compositions by Christian Chevallier and Pierre Michelot as arranged by Jimmy Heath, Michelot, Chevallier, and Phil Urso.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "The critical argument proposing that Baker's style is more akin to bop — and the residual post-bop — than the West Coast cool that he is often connected with gets tremendous validation throughout".[2]

Track listing
  1. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:29
  2. "Mythe" (Christian Chevallier, Pierre Michelot) - 4:26
  3. "Worryin' the Life Out of Me" (Miff Mole, Bob Russell, Frank Signorelli) - 5:21
  4. "Chet" (Michelot) - 4:11
  5. "Not Too Slow" (Chevallier, Michelot) - 3:51
  6. "Phil's Blues" (Phil Urso) - 4:37
  7. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:30
  8. "Dinah" (Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) - 4:39
  9. "V-Line" (Chevallier) - 3:24
  10. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 4:04

Personnel
  • On “Tenderly”, “A Foggy Day”, and “Darn That Dream”

Chet Baker, Conte Candoli, Norman Faye, trumpet; Frank Rosolino, trombone; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, alto sax; Bill Perkins, Phil Urso, tenor sax, Bobby Timmons, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; Lawrence Marable, drums

arranged by Jimmy Heath – recorded in Los Angeles, October 26, 1956

  • On "Mythe”, “Chet”, “Not Too Slow”, “Phil's Blues”, “Dinah”, and “V-Line”

Chet Baker, trumpet; Bob Burgess, trombone; Fred Waters, alto sax; Phil Urso, alto, tenor, baritone sax; Bob Graf, tenor sax; Bill Hood, baritone sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; Peter Littman, drums

tracks (4, 6, 9) arr. by Christian Chevallier; (5, 8) arr. by Pierre Michelot; (7) arr. by Phil Urso – recorded in Los Angeles, October 18, 1956

  • On “Worrying the Life Out of Me”

Chet Baker, trumpet; Bob Burgess, trombone; Fred Waters, alto sax; Phil Urso, alto, tenor, baritone sax; Bob Graf, tenor sax; Bill Hood, baritone sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; James McKean, drums

arranged by Phil Urso – recorded in Los Angeles, October 19, 1956

References
  1. Chet Baker discography accessed July 30, 2013
  2. Planer, L. Allmusic Review accessed July 30, 2013
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