Chet Baker Trio - Live in Paris - The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984

ELEMENTAL MUSIC

£28.78

Cat. no: 5990442
Format: CD2
Barcode: 8435395503225
Release Date: 29 Apr 2022
Genre: Jazz

Chet Baker Trio 'Live In Paris', previously unissued live performances from 1983-84, available as a deluxe digipak 2CD set

The Radio France Recordings recorded in stereo by Radio France at La Esplanade de La Défense (July 17, 1983) and Le Petit Opportun (February 7, 1984). Both concerts are distinguished by the dazzling playing of the virtuosic pianist Michel Graillier, who performed regularly with Baker's combos from 1977 until Baker's death in 1988.

Deluxe booklet with essays by producer and "jazz detective" Zev Feldman, journalist- author Ashley Kahn (author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece), French journalist photographer Franck Bergerot, and Pascal Rozat of Ina France; and interviews with Riccardo Del Fra and Dominique Lemerle, the bassists on the '83 and '84 concert dates, respectively, and pianist Richie Beirach, also a former Baker sideman

Chet Baker: trumpet and vocals
Michel Graillier: piano
Dominique Lemerle, Riccardo Del Fra: bass

Tracks: There Will Never Be Another You / Easy Living / But Not for Me / Stella by Starlight / Funk in Deep Freeze / Just Friends / Arbor Way / Strollin’ / Margerine / Lament / Walkin’