CHET BAKER - THE 1979 VARA STUDIO SESSIONS IN HOLLAND (RSD 2023)

Jazz Detective

£58.32

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: DDJD-007
Barcode: 8435395503584
Release Date: 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 limited-edition 2-LP 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.
 Transferred from the original KRO radio tape reels and mastered for vinyl by legendary mastering engineer Bernie Grundman.