Chet Baker Quartet Avant garde expressing more freedom than a

expressing more freedom than a large US label might have allowed

Newly joined by Gerard Gustin on piano and Bert Dalhander on drums they fall back on standards

present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY Award-winning Big Band's new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith

With Woody Shaw (trumpet)

"I hear it as one of the major statements of jazz in the '60s

Chet Baker Quartet Avant garde expressing more freedom than aRecorded days after the tragic death of pianist Dick Twardzik, only bassist Jimmy Bond remains from Chet's original lineup. Newly joined by Gerard Gustin on piano and Bert Dalhander on drums they fall back on standards, the raw emotion of the circumstances apparent thoughout. Remastered from the original tapes on 180gm vinyl.