(2-CD set) This set delivers the best tracks recorded by Chet Baker between 1953 and 1956 in Los Angeles, Paris and Ann Arbor. As usual this "Quintessence" volume features a booklet with both French and English notes written by Alain Gerber, writer, journalist and producer in France.Gerry Mulligan Quartet : Moonlight In Vermont, Chet Baker Quartet : Maid In Mexico - Imagination - Band Aid - Happy Little Sunbeam, Chet Baker Ensemble : Ergo - Moonlight Becomes You, Chet Baker With Strings : A Little Duet, Chet Baker Quartet : But Not For Me (Vocal) - But Not For Me (Instrumental) - There Will Never Be Another You - Look For The Silver Lining - My Funny Valentine - I Fall In Love Too Easily - Line For Lyons - Lover Man - My Funny Valentine - Zing, Went The Strings Of My Hart. Chet Baker Sextet : Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day, Chet Baker Quartet : Long Ago And Far Away - Sad Walk - Tenderly, Chet Baker & His Orchestra : Chet, Chet Baker Quartet : Everything Happens To Me, Chet Baker Quintet : Tasty Pudding, Chet Baker Quartet : That Old Feeling - I've Never Been In Love Before, Chet Baker & Art Pepper Sextet : Sonny Boy, Chet Baker Quartet : My Ideal, Chet Baker Quintet : To Mickey's Memory, Chet Baker Big Band : A Foggy Day - Darn That Dream - Tenderly, Russ Freeman & Chet Baker : Love Nest - Hugo Hurwhey.

Tracklist:

Moonlight in Vermont
Maid in Mexico
Imagination
Band Aid
Happy Little Sunbeam
Ergo
Moonlight Becomes You
A Little Duet
But Not for Me (Vocal) 1
But Not for Me (Instrumental) 1
There Will Never Be Another You 1
Look for the Silver Lining 1
My Funny Valentine 1
I Fall in Love Too Easily 1
Line for Lyons 1
Lover Man 1
My Funny Valentine (Instrumental) 1
Zing, Went the String of My Heart 1
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day 2
Long Ago and Far Away 2
Sad Walk 2
Tenderly 2
Chet 2
Everything Happens to Me 2
Tasty Pudding 2
That Old Feeling 2
I've Never Been in Love Before 2
Sonny Boy 2
My Ideal 3
To Mickey's Memory 3
A Foogy Day 3
Darn That Dream 3
Tenderly 3
Love Nest 3
Hugo Hurwhey

UPC: 3448960224826
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
Release Date: 4.22.08
Format: CD

Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer) - Quintessence-Los Angeles-Paris-Ann Arbor 1953-56 (CD)