Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman

Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman
Studio album by Chet Baker
Released	1953
Recorded	July 29 & 30, 1953 Capitol Studios and Radio Recorders, Hollywood and Los Angeles California
Genre	Jazz
Length	71:22 CD reissue
Label	Pacific Jazz PJLP 6
Producer	Richard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
West Coast Live (1953) Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953) Pretty/Groovy (1953-54)

Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker originally recorded in 1953 and released as a 10 inch LP on the Pacific Jazz label.^[1] The album was reissued on CD in 1998 with 17 bonus tracks originally released on the 10 inch LP Chet Baker Quartet and 12 inch LPs Pretty/Groovy and The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic rated the reissued album with 4 stars stating "The 25 selections here provide copious evidence of Baker's uncanny artistry as he develops a dark, yet lyrical, interpretive approach. Immediately evident is the thoughtful synergy between Baker and the comparatively understated Freeman, whose comps help link the respective solos".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Russ Freeman except as indicated

1. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers) - 3:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Bert Shefter) - 2:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:43 Bonus track on CD reissue
4. "Maid in Mexico" - 2:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
5. "Russ Job" - 2:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" [10" LP Take] (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) - 2:11
8. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" [12" LP Take] (Kern, Gershwin) - 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Carson City Stage" (Carson Smith) - 2:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Batter Up" - 2:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "No Ties" [10" LP Take] - 2:57
13. "No Ties" [12" LP Take] - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:53
15. "The Thrill Is Gone" [10" LP Take] (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 2:44
16. "The Thrill Is Gone" [12" LP Take] (Brown, Henderson) - 2:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
17. "Band Aid" - 2:43
18. "Bea's Flat" - 2:57
19. "Moon Love" [10" LP Take] (Kern, George Grossmith, Jr., P. G. Wodehouse) - 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
20. "Moon Love" [12" LP Take] (Kern, Grossmith, Wodehouse) - 3:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
21. "Happy Little Sunbeam" - 2:40
22. "Happy Little Sunbeam" [Alternate Take] - 2:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
23. "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 2:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
24. "Winter Wonderland" [78 Take] (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 3:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
25. "Winter Wonderland" [LP Take] (Bernard, Smith) - 2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded in Los Angeles on July 24 (track 1), July 27 (tracks 2-4), July 29 & 30 (tracks 5-11) and at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on October 3 (tracks 12-22) and October 27 (tracks 23-25), 1953

Personnel

• Chet Baker - trumpet, vocals (on track 23)
• Russ Freeman - piano
• Bob Whitlock (tracks 1-4), Carson Smith (tracks 5-22), Joe Mondragon (tracks 23-25) - bass
• Bobby White (tracks 1-4), Larry Bunker (tracks 5-22), Shelly Manne (tracks 23-25) - drums

References

1. Chet Baker discography accessed August 7, 2013
2. Planer, L. Allmusic listing accessed August 7, 2013