CHET BAKER - CHET BAKER BIG BAND [BONUS TRACKS] NEW CD

INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDEThis release presents the complete original album "Chet Baker Big Band" (Pacific Jazz PJ-1229), which marked one of the rare occasions on which Chet fronted a large group as a leader. That being said, the formations heard on this LP are never as large as other orchestras, featuring from nine to eleven musicians.As a bonus, two complete contemporary sessions presenting Chet fronting a group with two other horns, as well as four alternate versions of songs from the Big Band album, recorded for the Barclay label in Paris, France, in 1956.PERSONNEL:CHET BAKER, trumpet, plus:On Tracks [1, 7 & 10]:CONTE CANDOLI, NORMAN RAYE, trumpetFRANK ROSOLINO, tromboneART PEPPER, BUD SHANK, alto saxPHIL URSO, BILL PERKINS, tenor saxBOBBY TIMMONS, pianoJIMMY BOND, bassLAWRENCE MARABLE, drumsJIMMY HEATH, arrangerLos Angeles, October 26, 1956.On Tracks [2-6 & 8-9]:BOB BURGESS, tromboneFRED WATERS, alto saxPHIL URSO, tenor saxBOB GRAF, tenor saxBILL HOOD, baritone saxBOBBY TIMMONS, pianoJIMMY BOND, bassPETER LITTMAN, drumsJAMES McLEAN, drumsArrangements by:PIERRE MICHELOT (2, 4 & 5), PHIL URSO (3 & 6), and CHRISTIAN CHEVALLIER(8-9).Los Angeles, October 18, 1956.[11-20] BONUS TRACKS:CHET BAKER, trumpet, with different formations.Recorded in Los Angeles & París, France, 1954-1956.INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLETTRACKS:01 A Foggy Day02 Mythe03 Worryin’ The Life Out Of Me04 Chet05 Not Too Slow06 Phil’s Blues07 Darn That Dream08 Dinah09 V-Line10 Tenderly11 Dot’s Groovy (*)12 Tommyhawk (*)13 The Half Dozens (*)14 Little Man, You’ve Had A Busy Day (*)15 Stella By Starlight (*)16 I’m Glad There Is You (*)17 Mythe [Alternate Version] (*)18 V-Line [Alternate Version] (*)19 Not Too Slow [Alternate Version] (*)20 Chet [Alternate Version] (*)TOTAL TIME: 78:45 min.