Description
180 GRAM VINYL – AUDIOPHILE PRESSING
THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 1 BONUS TRACK
Chet Baker in New York has Chet Baker playing with great East Coast musicians: Philly Joe Jones on drums, Al Haig on piano, the great Paul Chambers on bass, and tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin added on three tracks.
Recorded in December 1958, Baker didn’t sing on any of the tracks on the LP. “Soft Winds” was recorded during the same session as the rest of the tracks, but it wasn’t initially included on the Chet Baker in New York LP, as it was originally going to be issued on a compilation LP by various trumpet players titled New Blue Horns. It has been added here in order to complete the original session.
PERSONNEL:
Chet Baker – (trumpet)
Johnyy Griffin – (tenor sax on A1, A3 & B2 only)
Al Haig – (piano)
Paul Chambers – (bass)
Philly Joe Jones – (drums)
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, September 1958.
TRACKS:
SIDE A
A1 FAIR WEATHER
A2 POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS
A3 HOTEL 49
SIDE B
B1 SOLAR
B2 BLUE THOUGHTS
B3 WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW
B4 SOFT WINDS (*)
(*) BONUS TRACKS: from the same sessions. Not on the original LP.
