Description

8 bonus tracks/ photographs by william claxton

Artist

American jazz trumpeter, singer, composer, and artist.

Born: 23 December 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, USA.
Died: 13 May 1988 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (aged 58).

Baker began his career in the early 1950s and played together with Charlie Parker and Gerry Mulligan. Unfortunately, his drug addiction hampered his career, including arrests for narcotics.

From 1957 on, he had several comebacks with such musicians as Bobby Jaspar, René Thomas, and Gerry Mulligan with whom he had already recorded. In spite of having his teeth knocked out, Baker recovered and continued to record frequently, especially in live settings, for many different labels, including small groups and fronting large ensembles.

From the 1980s until he died, he did a lot of his recordings in Europe.

Tracks

01 Angel Eyes 04:36

02 When I Fall In Love 03:38

03 The Song Is You 02:34

04 Deep In A Dream 04:37

05 Goodbye 05:05

06 I Should Care 02:47

07 Autumn In New York 03:34

08 My Funny Valentine 05:04

09 Street Of Dreams 02:31

10 Violets For Your Furs 03:20

11 Forgetfull 02:44

12 Tensione* 03:37

13 Alone In A Crowd* 04:56

14 Relaxin' With Chet* 05:33

15 I Soliti Ignoti* 04:18

16 Tema D'Amore* 02:28

17 Smog* 05:54

18 Twilight In Los Angeles* 06:14

19 Thinking Blues* 04:28

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, CD, Cassette

Labels

Universal, WaxTime, Jazz Images, Ermitage, Trama, DJM Records , Joker , Original Jazz Classics, Scepter Records, Yeh Eum Records, Riverside Records, UpFront Records , Jazzland, Celson, Your Servant Records, Joker Hi-Fi Records, Passport Audio, SAAR Records, GMG Music

Countries

Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe

years

1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020

Members