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Chet Baker
Born:
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was raised in a musical household in Oklahoma (his father was a guitar player), and coming of age in Southern California during the bebop era of jazz, Baker found success as a trumpet player in 1951 when he was chosen by Charlie Parker to play with him for a series of West Coast engagements.
In 1952, Baker joined the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, which was an instant phenomenon. Baker became famous on the strength of his solo on their recording of "My Funny Valentine" a piece he was later said to "own". The Quartet, however, lasted less than a year because of Mulligan's arrest on drug charges.
Jack's Groove
By Jack Sheldon
Label: GNP Crescendo Records
Released: 1959
Track listing: Green Dolphin Street; I'm Also A Person;
I Had The Craziest Dream;
Arrividerci;
Brown Cow;
Anyhow;
Julie Is Her Name;
Aplomb;
Sunset Eyes;
J.S..
Last Great Concert On A Monday
By Chet Baker
Label: Magic Muffin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Let's Get Lost; There Will Never Be Another You; All Blues; My Funny Valentine; Autumn Leaves; I get Along
Without You Very Well; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Look For The Silver Lining; Hocus Pocus.
Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions
By Chet Baker
Label: New Land Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Disc: 1 - Groovin;
Disc: 2 - Smokin;
Disc: 3 - Boppin;
Disc: 4 - Cool Burnin;
Disc: 5 - Comin' on.
A Jazz Reading List
by Karl Ackermann
From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Penguin Books, 2006), Ben Ratliff's excellent interview collection The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music (Times Books, 2008), the off-shore perspectives of Circular Breathing: The ...
Josh Nelson / Kevin Van Den Elzen: West Coast Echoes
by Jack Bowers
Pianist Josh Nelson and drummer Kevin Van Den Elzen (with bassist Eric Sittner) revisit the glory days of West Coast jazz in the 1950s and '60s on West Coast Echoes, a generally smooth and pleasing glance backward at the “cool" school of jazz championed by such legendary artists as Shorty Rogers, Art Pepper, Stan Getz, Shelly ...
Oded Tzur: Make A Sound
by David Bruggink
Storytelling has been part of Oded Tzur's modus operandi since his first album, his reed playing enfolding drama, tension, and narrative shifts like any spellbinding tale. In this 2025 single, the instinct comes into even sharper focus, as he accompanies a newly-assembled band with his words and voice for the first time on record.
Josie Falbo, Leandro Cardenas, Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, choice cuts from new releases by saxophonist Lena Bloch; vocalist Josie Falbo; guitarists Tom Ollendorff and Jon Fadem; clarinetist and composer Leandro Cardenas; five decades of studio, demo and live recordings from drummer Gary Husbands' personal archives; the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet; and multi--reed player Rick ...
Chet Baker's Five from '65 - New Land's Best Box Set Yet
by Patrick Burnette
Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions Chet Baker New Land Records 2025 We are far enough into the vinyl revival that box sets are now becoming commonplace, and the New Land label has been particularly adventurous--almost quixotic--in its offerings. New Land devoted its first jazz box ...
Esmeralda Sella, pianista per caso o per destino
by Neri Pollastri
Nata a Ravenna, appassionata di jazz, di culture popolari e di improvvisazione radicale, Esmeralda Sella ha appena pubblicato il suo primo disco da leader, Magma (Auand Records), alla testa di un trio completato dal contrabbassista Federico Giolito e dal batterista Giovanni Nardiello. Partiamo dall'antefatto di questa intervista. Quando, qualche mese fa, Marco Colonna ...
