Chet Baker - Cool Cat (1LP Coloured)

Format: LP, Coloured
Catalogue No.: MOVLP3274C
Barcode: 8719262027008
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Jazz

• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• CHET BAKER PLAYS AND SINGS COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY THELONIOUS MONK AND RODGERS & HART
• INCLUDES “SWIFT SHIFTING”, “’ROUND MIDNIGHT”, “BLUE MOON” A.O.

• LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON TRANSLUCENT YELLOW COLOURED VINYL

Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, actor and vocalist and a major innovator in cool jazz, leading him to be nicknamed “the Prince of Cool”. The 1989 album Cool Cat contains six tracks, split into 3 instrumentals; “Swift Swifting “, “’Round Midnight”, “Caravelle” and the 3 vocal tunes “For All We Know”, “Blue Moon” and “My Foolish Heart”. The songs are written by top jazz composers, including Thelonious Monk, Rodgers & Hart. For the recordings of Cool Cat, Chet is accompanied by pianist Harold Danko, bassist Jon Burr and drummer Ben Riley.

Cool Cat is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent yellow coloured vinyl.

SIDE A
1. Swift Shifting
2. ‘Round Midnight
3. Caravelle

SIDE B
1. For All We Know
2. Blue Moon
3. My Foolish Heart