Chet Baker - Stairway To The Stars (1965) {Prestige PRCD-24173-2 rel 1996}
Chet Baker - Stairway To The Stars (1965) {Prestige PRCD-24173-2 rel 1996}
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© 1965, 1996 Prestige / Fantasy | PRCD-24173-2
Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Flugelhorn
During a three-day period in 1965, trumpeter Chet Baker (who during the era was exclusively playing flugelhorn) recorded five albums for Prestige that were soon forgotten, despite their quality. In 1997, the entire program was reissued on three CDs (which also include Lonely Star and On a Misty Night), showing that Baker was in excellent form at the time. Chet is teamed with tenor saxophonist George Coleman, pianist Kirk Lightsey (in top form), bassist Herman Wright and drummer Roy Brooks; the one-time gathering group on the whole sometimes recalls the Miles Davis Quintet of 1956.
There are some occasional missteps (Baker gets a bit lost during the rapid rendition of "Cherokee" that opens this CD), but overall, the music (some light swingers and a few more heated tracks) is quite rewarding. Producer Richard Carpenter (Baker's manager at the time and best known for writing "Walkin'") contributed three songs to this set (and 13 others to the other two CDs), which also includes three jazz standards, a few obscurities, and three Tadd Dameron originals. Enjoyable straight-ahead music.
Personnel:
Chet Baker - flugelhorn
George Coleman - tenor saxophone
Kirk Lightsey - piano
Herman Wright - bass
Roy Brooks - drums
Track List:
01. Cherokee (Ray Noble) 6:56
02. Bevan Beeps (Tadd Dameron) 5:04
03. Comin' On (Carpenter-Bruce) 5:41
04. Stairway to the Stars (Malneck-Stignorelli-Parish) 4:44
05. No Fair Lady (Mundy) 8:15
06. When You're Gone (Bruce-Johnson) 4:08
07. Choose Now (Dameron) 5:52
08. Chabootie (Richard Carpenter) 6:57
09. Carpsie's Groove (Carpenter-Stitt) 6:38
10. I Waited for You (Gillespie-Fuller) 6:35
11. The 490 (Dameron) 6:08
Chet Baker - Stairway To The Stars (1965) {Prestige PRCD-24173-2 rel 1996}
Chet Baker - Stairway To The Stars (1965) {Prestige PRCD-24173-2 rel 1996}
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