Chet Baker Quartet Avant garde slurs and bent notes of

slurs and bent notes of tenor saxophone balladeer Webster

With Woody Shaw (trumpet)

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

Despite various reissue formats over several decades

fusing the free sound of the avant garde to his established hard bop technique and bringing a new level of expression to his playing

Chet Baker Quartet Avant garde slurs and bent notes ofRecorded 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.