Chet Baker - The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland [2CD]

Elemental Music

£21.42

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: DDJD-008
Barcode: 8435395503591
Release Date: 12 May 2023
Genre: Jazz

 ‘Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions In Holland’ features two recordings of trumpet / vocal icon Chet Baker captured in glorious stereo at the legendary VARA studio 2 in Hilversum, the Netherlands for the KRO radio program Nine
O’Clock Jazz.
 The April 10, 1979 session features pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and drummer Charles Rice; and the November 9th session features pianist Frans Elsen, bassist Victor Kaihatu, and drummer Eric Ineke.
 Both sessions were originally produced by Edwin Rutten, and are produced for release officially for the first time by ‘jazz detective’ Zev Feldman and Frank Jochemsen.
 The two CD set includes an elaborate booklet with photos by Veryl Oakland, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Christian Rose and others, liner notes by Dutch journalist Jeroen de Valk, plus essays by Feldman,
Jochemsen, and Rutten, and interviews with Baker bandmates Phil Markowtiz, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse and Eric Ineke, as well as trumpeters Randy Brecker and Enrico Rava, and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi.

Tracklisting
Beautiful Black Eyes
Oh, You Crazy Moon
The Best Thing For You
Blue Room
Down
Blue Gilles
Nardis
Candy
Luscious Lou
My Ideal
Old Devil Moon