Chet Baker in Europe explained

Chet Baker in Europe
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chet Baker
Cover:	Chet Baker in Europe.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	October 11 & 24, 1955 Paris, France
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Pacific Jazz PJ 1218
Producer:	Richard Bock
Chronology:	Chet Baker
Prev Title:	Chet Baker Sings and Plays
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	The Route
Next Year:	1956

Chet Baker in Europe (subtitled A Jazz Tour of the NATO Countries) is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker drawn from sessions recorded in Paris in 1955 for Barclay Records and released in the U.S. on the Pacific Jazz label.^[1] One consists largely of compositions by Bob Zieff, which pianist Dick Twardzik had introduced to Baker's repertoire; the other side consists of standards, recorded with a different quartet after Twardzik's death from a heroin overdose.^[2]

Reception

Allmusic rated the album with 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:16
2. "You Go to My Head" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) - 5:54
3. "Tenderly" (Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross) - 6:39
4. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 7:06
5. "There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:48
6. "Rondette" (Bob Zieff) - 2:11
7. "Piece Caprice" (Zieff) - 5:12
8. "Mid-Forte" (Zieff) - 3:08
9. "Pomp" (Zieff) - 4:42
10. "Sad Walk" (Zieff) - 4:14
11. "The Girl from Greenland" (Richard Twardzik) - 5:16

• Recorded in Paris, France, on October 11 (tracks 6, 8, 10), October 14 (tracks 7, 9, 11), and October 24 (tracks 1-5), 1955

Personnel

• Chet Baker - trumpet
• Dick Twardzik (tracks 6-11), Gérard Gustin (tracks 1-5) - piano
• Jimmy Bond - bass
• Nils-Bertil Dahlander (tracks 1-5), Peter Littman (tracks 6-11) - drums

References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#barclay-blp-84009 Chet Baker discography
2. Chambers. Jack. October 2004. Revenge of the Underground Jazz Composer. Sirena. 2. 130–140.
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/chet-baker-in-europe-mw0000868859 Allmusic listing