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The Stan Getz Quartet With Chet Baker: Quintessence, Volume 1

Read "Quintessence, Volume 1" reviewed by Matthew S. Robinson


Chronicling the first half of the last reunion of two “bad boys" of Jazz, this album demonstrates how, even in the autumns of their lives, Chet and Stan could still play on their feet and swing with the big boys. Like an old, weather-worn door, Baker creaks a bit, but always comes swinging back. From his valiant scat in “Just Friends" and a cooking “But Not For Me" to his flaring Gillespie-esque trumpet licks in “Dizzy Atmosphere," Chet keeps the ...

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