Jazz Icons Chet Baker Live in 64 79 (2006)

Chet Baker features two concerts by the foremost interpreter of the West Coast school of cool jazz Filmed in Europe 15 years apart these two shows seen together provide an overview of Bakers illustrious career The first show is a haunting 1964 performance in a Belgian TV studio with a quartet including longtime sidemen saxophonist Jacques Pelzer and French pianist Rene Urtreger Songs include the Miles Davis classic So What and the jazz standard Time After Time a very rare rendition featuring Chets Cool vocal style The soulful1979 set from Norway with a trio featuring vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid highlights the growth and maturity of this troubled but inspiring artist