In November 1985, three years before his death at age 58, Baker performed at the Moonlight Club in Macerata, on Italy's east coast, halfway between Florence and Rome.
Baker had been touring in Europe that year with a range of different European musicians, and he extended the tour by a month in Italy, hiring Michel Graillier (p) Massimo Moriconi (b).
Estate (or Summer, pronounced ES-tah-tay) was written in Italy in 1960 by Bruno Martino. Baker's sublime melancholy feels about right.
Here's Chet Baker on trumpet playing Estate...
Baker had been touring in Europe that year with a range of different European musicians, and he extended the tour by a month in Italy, hiring Michel Graillier (p) Massimo Moriconi (b).
Estate (or Summer, pronounced ES-tah-tay) was written in Italy in 1960 by Bruno Martino. Baker's sublime melancholy feels about right.
Here's Chet Baker on trumpet playing Estate...
This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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