The numbers heard on Chet Baker & Crew were among a prolific flurry of recordings Baker was involved in during the last week of July 1956 -- fresh from an extended European stay. [more]
Chet did everything out of love, everything that counts: Love and Music. But Love, as we all know, loved him less than Music. -Alain Gerber
Three years after bursting onto the U.S. scene with Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker landed in France and made a string of albums for Barclay [more]
As Gerald Heard's liner notes point out, it's difficult to decide whether Chet Baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet. When the 24-year-old [more]