Chet Baker & Bill Evans: Alone Together LP

Chet Baker & Bill Evans - Alone Together - 291019

Alone Together

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Format Details: Lp+CD /

Release Date: 15 July 2022

Label: Waxtime

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436028691074

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 30 July 2021

Label: Groove Replica

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 8436569195291

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 07 February 2025

Label: Number One Essentials

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436563186080

Genres: Jazz

Description
Limited edition classic LP, reissued on 180g vinyl, audiophile pressing.

The most significant aspect of this album, which first appeared as 'Chet - The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker', is the interaction between Chet Baker and Bill Evans, two perennial jazz stars who only rarely recorded together. By the time this album was made, Chet was known as much for his singing as for his trumpet playing. This LP, however, is entirely instrumental and consists of nine ballads performed in the styles of hard bop to cool jazz.

The last track, 'I Could Have Danced All Night' (included as a bonus) is from Chet Baker's 'Best of Lerner & Loewe' album, which featured Bill Evans on four of its tracks. They were the recordings that Baker and Evens made together.

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GROOVE REPLICA COLLECTION OF CLASSIC LPs 180 GRAM VINYL + BONUS CD DIGIPACK INCLUDED INSIDE.

CHET BAKER-BILL EVANS: ALONE TOGETHER (LP+CD)

Bonus CD contains the complete album Alone Together [aka CHET–The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker] + 6 bonus tracks, completing all conjunct recordings between Chet Baker and Bill Evans. Including updated liner notes. 76:39 minutes playing time.

CHET BAKER, trumpet; BILL EVANS, piano; HERBIE MANN, flute; PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax; KENNY BURRELL, guitar (on A3 & B2 only); PAUL CHAMBERS, bass; CONNIE KAY, drums PHILLY JOE JONES, drums. *BONUS TRACK: Chet Baker (tp), Bill Evans (p), Herbie Mann (fl), Zoot Sims (as), Pepper Adams (bar), Earl May (b), Clifford Jarvis (d). New York, July 22, 1959. Original sessions produced by ORRIN KEEPNEWS. New York, between 1958 and 1959

4.5 Stars: Down Beat
"Baker's trumpet gives to this record something that too few performances possess today, thoughtful understatement. Baker picks his way here with less certainty than he once did, but the sensuous personal tone and the carefully wrought countermelodies are still in evidence and worth hearing. The rhythm section is a model of superlative musicianship in balance with mature taste. It is a unit that would bring out the best in any player, including the troubled young trumpet player featured here." (Richard B. Hadlock)

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The complete LP + 2 bonus tracks - limited edition pressing on 180g vinyl.
Although Chet Baker and Bill Evans were both highly lyrical and introspective players who could have made a fabulous partnership, they only ever recorded together on a couple or so occasions. By the time the recordings here were made, Chet Baker had been a star for less than a decade and this wholly instrumental album presents him accompanied by other great jazz stars with whom he would also rarely play and record with again.
"Chet Baker's penultimate session for Riverside produced an all-star lineup to support him, including jazz heavyweights Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. Each of them makes important contributions to the session. A good place to hear Baker's special way with the horn is made even more attractive with the presence and contributions of top jazz artists." - ***** Dave Nathan, AllMusic
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