Chet Baker: Milestones of a Jazz Legend

~ Release by Chet Baker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Grey December (1953), Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman (1953)
▶ CD 2: Chet Baker & Strings (1954), Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings (1955)
▶ CD 3: Chet Baker Sings (1956)
▶ CD 4: Chet Baker Quartet with Russ Freeman (1956), Chet Baker & Art Pepper "Playboys" (1957)
▶ CD 5: The James Dean Story (1957)
▶ CD 6: Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You (1958), Chet Baker With Fify Italian Strings (1959)
▼ CD 7: Chet Baker Sextet (1954/1957), Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace (1958)
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1The Half Dozens
recording of:
The Half Dozens
composer:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist)
2:21
2I'm Glad There Is You
instrumental recording of:
I’m Glad There Is You
writer:
Jimmy Dorsey and Paul Madeira (Paul Madeira Mertz)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Mayfair Music Corp.
3:12
3Stella by Starlight
recording of:
Stella by Starlight
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1946)
writer:
Ned Washington and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1944)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:53
4Tommyhawk
recording of:
Tommy Hawk
composer:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
3:39
5Little Man You've Had a Busy Day
recording of:
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day
writer:
Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler and Mabel Wayne
publisher:
Al Hoffman Songs Inc. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
4:43
6Dot's Groovy
recording of:
Dot's Groovy
composer:
Jack Montrose
4:33
7A Minor Benign
4:17
8Ponder
4:25
9Twenties Late
5:39
10X
4:33
11All or Nothing at All
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-23)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-23)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-23)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-23)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-23)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-23)
3:20
12Crazy She Calls Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-23)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-23)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-23)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-23)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-23)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-23)
recording of:
Crazy He Calls Me
lyricist:
Sidney Keith Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Harrison Music Corp., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
4:10
13The Way You Look Tonight
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-29)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-29)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1958-12-29)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-29)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-29)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-29)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-29)
recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
3:13
14This Is Always
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-30)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-30)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1958-12-30)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-30)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-30)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-30)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-30)
recording of:
This Is Always
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:36
15When the Sun Comes Out
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-29)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-29)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1958-12-29)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-29)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-29)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-29)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-29)
4:03
16What Is There to Say
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-29)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-29)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1958-12-29)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-29)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-29)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-29)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-29)
recording of:
What Is There to Say?
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
BMG Songs, Next Decade Entertainment and T.B. Harms Co.
3:39
17Everything I've Got Belongs to You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-29)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-29)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1958-12-29)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-29)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-29)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-29)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-29)
2:41
18We Could Make Such Beautiful Music
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-30)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-30)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1958-12-30)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-30)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-30)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-30)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-30)
3:13
19It Might as Well Be Spring
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-23)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-23)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-23)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-23)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-23)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-23)
3:50
20Yesterdays
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-30)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Jimmie Burke (bass) (on 1958-12-30)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1958-12-30)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1958-12-30)
piano:
Joe Berle (on 1958-12-30)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1958-12-30)
vocals:
Johnny Pace (on 1958-12-30)
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
4:59
▶ CD 8: Chet Baker in New York (1958), Chet (1959)
▶ CD 9: Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe (1959), Chet Baker in Milan (1959)
▶ CD 10: Chet Is Back (1962)