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Although always recognized as a trumpeter with unsurpassed lyrical qualities, Chet Baker had many ups and downs in his long career. The very late 1950s was not an up period: the West Coast label to which he was under contract readily allowed Riverside to borrow him as leader on four albums. Most of them were extremely uneven, but this one definitely worked. It had a strong basic concept (simply to turn Chet loose on some first-class standard-ballad compositions) and, quite importantly, one of those casually all-star lineups that the jazz scene of those days made possible: Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay, and Philly Joe Jones.
*本系列蒐羅爵士名家們最醇美、厚實、迷人之絕世器樂聲響
*本輯收錄小號手查特‧貝克9首唱作俱佳的經典絕美演出
有著如好萊塢大明星詹姆斯‧迪恩般俊美倜儻出色外型的小號手查特‧貝克,生涯從未經過正統科班音樂教育,卻能靠短暫軍旅樂隊的自學而在爵士樂壇上闖出名號,他吹奏之際總能帶來最溫潤柔魅的器樂聲響,徐徐音色彷彿暖風吹拂,特有一種悠然自適的愜意風情,再加上天生俱來迷濛不羈的性格嗓音,朦朧幽邃聲線揮灑自有一番匠心獨具氣質,匯集多項特色的他因此成為五0年代最熠熠閃耀且最受樂迷青睞的小號手之一。系列蒐羅了爵士名家們以其醇美、厚實、迷人之絕世器樂聲響在樂壇上樹立起一家之言的最佳例證,而於本輯裡則粹選了9首貝克唱作俱佳的絕美演出,不論是勾勒奔放流暢的愜意風情或是精釀柔和沉潛的迷人氣息,在在展現出他得以名揚四海的不凡詮釋功力!
Side 1
01. Alone Together (6:46)
02. How High the Moon (3:31)
03. It Never Entered My Mind (4:36)
04. 'Tis Autumn (5:12)
Side 2
01. If You Could See Me Now (5:11)
02. September Song (3:00)
03. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (4:38)
04. Time On My Hands (4:27)
05.You And The Night And The Music (3:50)