Early Chet: Lost Tapes

Baker; Twardzik; Bond; Littman; Orchester Kurt Edelhagen; Orchester Rolf-Hans Müeller; Valente

Composed by: Baker, Chet

The gentle poet of the trumpet – that was his image. So it came as something of a surprise for European audiences to hear the Chet Baker they discovered at his live concerts: a trumpeter with a decisive attacca style and lively boppy lines, accompanied by a pianist who combined innovative harmonies with bizarre rhythms and a drummer who propelled the band with a hard, driving beat. No one was prepared for this Chet Baker Quartet, featuring pianist Dick Twardzik, bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Peter Littman. Bockhanal gives us a chance to experience the same sense of surprise: the Chet Baker Quartet with the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra in what is possibly their only joint concert. Full of energy and melodic wit, Chet Baker flies through the piece written by his friend Jack Montrose, in a new interpretation by the Edelhagen band. Bockhanal is the earliest number on Early Chet and a particularly valuable rarity: just four weeks after this concert, the quartet no longer existed.

Price: $27.98