First time ever vinyl release for these exclusive recordings, made by two jazz giants in Milan, Italy, at the end of the ‘50s.
Side A:
1 Pent-Up House 4:59 *
2 My Old Flame 4:55 **
3 Indian Summer 5:13 **
4 Look for the Silver Lining 4:33 *
5 My Funny Valentine 4:58 ***
Side B:
1 What a Difference a Day Made 2:55 ****
2 How Deep is the Ocean 4:39 ****
3 Smoke Gets in your Eyes 4:16 ****
4 Embraceable You 4:07 ****
5 But not for Me 2:03 ****
6 I’ll take romance 2:37 ****
7 Blue Room 2:25 ****
* Chet Baker Sextet / Gürtler Bros Studio, Milan, October 6th, 1959
Chet Baker (trumpet), Glauco Masetti (alto sax), Gianni Basso (tenor sax), Renato Sellani (piano), Franco Cerri (bass), Gene Victory (drums) / Arrangements: Giulio Libano / Sound engineer: Alberto Angelini
** Chet Baker Quartet / Gürtler Bros Studio, Milan, October 6th, 1959
Chet Baker (trumpet), Renato Sellani (piano), Franco Cerri (bass), Gene Victory (drums) / Sound engineer: Alberto Angelini
*** Chet Baker with Len Mercer (Ezio Leoni) and his strings / Gürtler Bros Studio, Milan, September 29th, 1959
Chet Baker (trumpet, vocals), Mario Pezzotta (trumpet), Clauco Masetti (alto sax), Gianni Basso (tenor sax), Fausto Papetti (baritone sax), Giulio Libano (celesta), Franco Cerri (bass), Gene Victory (drums), Appio Squajella (flute), Sergio Almangano (1st violin), Ebe Mautino (harp), Rinaldo Ferri (clarinet)
**** Bud Shank with Len Mercer (Ezio Leoni) and his strings / Teatro Leonardo, Milan, April 4-5th, 1958
Giulio Libano (trumpet), Glauco Masetti (alto sax), Bud Shank (alto sax, flute), Appio Squajella (flute, flugelhorn), Eraldo Volonté (tenor sax), Fausto Papetti (baritone sax), Bruno De Filippi (guitar), Don Prell (bass), Jimmy Pratt (drums), Sergio Almangano (1st violin), Ebe Mautino (harp), Len Mercer (arrangements and conduction), Giulio Libano (arrangements)