'Finest, by Chet Baker

'Finest

by Chet Baker

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1.	Funk In Deep Freeze [edit] 02:06	info	buy track
2.	Sea Breeze 06:57		buy track
3.	I Am A Fool To Want You 08:41		buy track
4.	In A Sentimental Mood [edit] 01:23	info	buy track
5.	You And The Night And The Music 04:26		buy track
6.	Alone Together 06:14		buy track
7.	Arborway 02:56	info	buy track
8.	Angel Eyes 06:08		buy track
9.	Portrait In Black And White 05:42	info	buy track
10.	Round Midnight 07:39		buy track
11.	For All We Know 05:12		buy track
12.	I Can't Get Started 06:58		buy track
13.	Beatrice 15:02	info	buy track

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Chet Baker, with his signature fragile voice, cool toned trumpet playing and unmistakably recognizable charisma, became one of the most popular jazz artists of the 20th century.

Born in Yale, Oklahoma, 1937, Chet picked up the trumpet at the age of 12. He made his name with Gerry Mulligan’s pianoless quartet in 1952, and formed the Chet Baker quartet soon afterwards. Between 1978 and 1988 he toured extensively through Europe, and recorded a wealth of material for Dutch label Timeless records.

Dopeness Galore went through these recordings and found some unbelievable sessions, including his last live recording with a band in April 1988. Out of these recordings we made a “Finest” compilation, complete with pictures and the whole story of his last days. It can be argued that Chet was at his musical peak when he died in 1988, and it is recognized that some of his best recordings came from these last years.

Twenty years ago the loved and beloved, legend trumpeter Chet Baker’s life came to an untimely end when he fell out of the window of the Prins Hendrik Hotel at the Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam. He had toured most of his time, in Europe, with the Timeless label and so it came the founder of the label was there when this tragic accident happened on the 13th of May. Through interviews with European’s close to Chet, we made the story complete within the album’s liner notes written by Alex Deforce.

Chet Baker - "the maverick jazz trumpeter whom Charlie Parker once told Miles and Dizzy to watch out for.”

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released March 5, 2009

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Dopeness Galore Amsterdam, Netherlands

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