Chet Baker "Live in London Vol2"
Chet - Trumpet
Jim Richardson - Bass
Tony Mann - Drums
John Horler -Piano
Strollin, Broken Wing, My Ideal, Stella By Starlight, Down, Dolphin Dance, Polka Dots And Moonbeams, When I Fall In Love, Dear Old Stockholm, Just Friends....
I've only just come across this album and it's great ..i can easily forgive the odd sonic errs after all recorded on a personal recorder to start .. it allows you to close your eyes and feel like your in the 'Canteen' as a performer live always moves a bit and sometimes reminds you they are a human playing live ....
All in all as someone getting into Jazz after being exposed as a teen, my old pops often had Jazz music going on in the background, sadly it was only his final year that i learned that he had been a good friend of Ronnie Scott throughout the 50s and early 60s and through Ronnie, got to know Ted Heath a bit and Johnny Dankworth very well, I never asked Pops if he had seen Chet ..but i remember being told he was very good when 1 time i said he was on an Elvis Costello track as a soloist .. Shipbuilding iirc ...i was really into Costello at the time....
Its a great album to my ears ..if you haven't heard it give it a listen
