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Chet Baker – Stairway To The Stars (The Prestige Sessions) / ZYX Music, Prestige CD Audio 1996
UPC 090204541621
Made in EU
Chesney Henry Baker, Jr.
American jazz trumpeter, singer, composer, and artist.
Born: 23 December 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, USA.
Died: 13 May 1988 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (aged 58).
Baker began his career in the early 1950s and played together with Charlie Parker and Gerry
Born: 23 December 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, USA.
Died: 13 May 1988 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (aged 58).
Baker began his career in the early 1950s and played together with Charlie Parker and Gerry
Mulligan. Unfortunately, his drug addiction hampered his career, including arrests for narcotics.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Cherokee | 6:51 | |
| 2 | Bevan Beeps | 5:02 | |
| 3 | Comin' On | 5:39 | |
| 4 | Stairway To The Stars | 4:42 | |
| 5 | No Fair Lady | 8:10 | |
| 6 | When You're Gone | 4:04 | |
| 7 | Choose Now | 5:47 | |
| 8 | Chabootie | 5:53 | |
| 9 | Carpsie's Groove | 6:36 | |
| 10 | I Waited For You | 6:29 | |
| 11 | The 490 | 6:08 |
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Art Direction , Design – Jamie Putnam
- Bass – Herman Wright
- Drums – Roy Brooks
- Flugelhorn – Chet Baker
- Piano – Kirk Lightsey
- Producer – Richard Carpenter (2)
- Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
- Tenor Saxophone – George Coleman
Recorded at Englewood Cliffs, NJ; August 23-25, 1965.
#1 and 2 originally released in Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (Prestige 7460);
#3-9 as Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet (Prestige 7478);
#10 and 11 in Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (Prestige 7496).
℗ & © 1996, Fantasy, Inc.
#1 and 2 originally released in Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (Prestige 7460);
#3-9 as Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet (Prestige 7478);
#10 and 11 in Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (Prestige 7496).
℗ & © 1996, Fantasy, Inc.
- Barcode: 0 90204 54162 1
- Other (Label Code): LC 0313
- Other (Rights Societies): BIEM GEMA
