Ellen David by Haden
Released originally on Charlie Haden's Closeness Duets.
Haden, a noted bassist played with Chet one of his last recordings Silence.
Haden is best known for his devotion to exploration of politically driven music.
Chesney Henry Baker was born on a farm in Oklahoma on December 23, 1929.
He grew up in Oklahoma City and moved to California at the age of 10.
Ronnie Scott and Pete King opened their jazz club on October 30, 1959.
It was originally located in the basement of 39 Gerrard Street in London's Soho.
Just Friends by Klenner/Lewis
Other notable artists to record this song include:
John Coltrane, Perry Como, Charlie Parker, and Bobby Darin.
Michel Grailler has performed with many of the best jazz musicians
including fellow pianist Alain Jean-Marie.
He was accompanied by Dominique Le Merie & Pier Paulo Pozzi
for The Michel Grailler Trio.
Grailler played for Christian Vander's French band Magma from 1972-75.
Riccardo Del Fra has played bass with many of the best jazz musicians
including guitarist Joe Diorio.
He recently teamed with traditional Breton singer Annie Ebrel on the album
Voulouz loar/Velluto di Luna, a unique blend of his jazz with her Celtic folk.
Del Fra was once a member of the legendary Johnny Griffin Quartet.
Shifting Down by Kenny Dorham
Chet and John Coltrane are the only solo musicians to release versions of this song.
They both recorded the song on four separate albums (eight times altogether).
Kenny Dorham was a ` bebop` trumpeter who also played with with Charlie Parker.
In 1953, The Chet Baker Quartet made the longest European tour yet
by an American jazz group.
Originally scheduled for four months, demand stretched it to eight.
Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim
Born George lvan Morrison in 1945 Belfast, Northern lreland.
Morrison once toured with R&B band The Monarchs as a jazz saxophonist.
Morrison founded the band Them.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
This song comes from the musical A Little Night Music.
It is the only musical exclusively written in waltz time.
Van Morrison later added this performance to Pure, his album
highlighting his Montreux concert in 1974.
If I Should Lose You by Robin/Ranger
Singer Dinah Washington was well known for her rendition of this song.
In a tribute to Washington, Aretha Franklin added her own
twist to Washington's style.
Other trumpeters to record this song include John Coltrane and Booker Little.
Michel Grailler and Riccardo Del Fra earlier also accompany Chet Baker on
his 1983 live instrumental album Chet Baker At Capolinea.
After teaming up for Chet, Grailler and Del Fra continue to perform together.
In 2000, they released an album together called Soft Talk.
When his trumpet was once stolen, Chet switched to flugelhorn.
My ldeal by Whiting/Chare/Ro
Drummer Art Blakey was well known for his rendition of this song.
Chet recorded My ldeal eight times.
In the summer of 1965, Scott and King moved Ronnie Scott's
a short walk away to the larger 47 Frith Street.
The jazz club's logo features a saxophone player.
Both Scott and King played saxophone.
Love For Sale by Cole Porter
This song appears on over 400 different albums.
By age 6, Cole Porter could play the piano and violin.
He first produced Love for Sale for his musical revue, The New Yorkers (1930).
Chet's delicate sound is credited to the school
of ¡®cool' jazz musicians of the West.
Chet Baker Sings! is among Q¡¯s `` Best Jazz Albums of All Time.``
The Chet Baker Jazz Club can be found in Bologna, ltaly.
Jazz artists Kenny Barron, James Moody and Tommy Flanagan have played there.
The Very Thought of You by Noble
This song has been recorded by Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and Natalie Cole.
Billie Holiday was said to be able to sing this song with effortless elegance.
She recorded this song 1 2 different times.
Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus in 1954 in London, England,
and raised in Liverpool.
He took his pseudonym from Elvis Presley and his mother`s maiden name.
You Don't Know What Love ls by BePaul/Raye
Tenor Saxophonist Sonny Rollins is well-known for his rendition of this song.
Etta James lent her voice to this ballad on her recording So Warm.
In 1998, Elvis collaborated with Burt Bacharach on an album
of love songs, Painted From Memory.
He has composed music and acted for both film and television.
I¡¯m a Fool To Want You by Wold/Herron/Sinatra
Melissa Walker's 1997 recording of this song helped launch her as a jazz vocalist.
This is one of only seven songs recorded by Frank Sinatra, for which he wrote lyrics.
Chet Baker (1929-1988)