Chet Backer - Craft Recordings

Just added two new videos
Chet Baker ‎– In New York - "Polka Dots And Moonbeams"
https://youtu.be/8qu-dBWJ-GA
Chet Baker ‎– It Could Happen to You - "My Heart Stood Still"
https://youtu.be/mhDHkJ2dPIQ

" He was great in Backer-Turner Overdrive."

too funny except it was "bachman" :)

Walter, apart from the Sam Records, all my other Chet Baker recordings are the originals on Riverside and maybe Contemporary or collaborations on Verve, etc. I don’t care for his singing, unlike some others. I highly recommend Sam if you’re ok with original mono.

He was great in Backer-Turner Overdrive.

I hope this set is released on CD in the future.

Happy Listening!

I love Chet Baker.... 

He never played much  for playing but to sing with a trumpet.... It is way more difficult than it seems... If not, why nobody could ever replicate his musicality?


I love Kenneth Wheeler for example but  he dont sing and probably could not even if it is a genius in his own right....I want all his cd.....I already own near 100 Chet Baker....

@lewm 

Do you have any experience or thoughts on the Craft label? I've been seeing quite a few interesting reissues popping up on that label, but would like to hear some firsthand experiences from folks who've given them a try before I jump on anything.

I'll look into those Sam Records pressings.

Was he one of the Backer Brothers? ;^)

I love his playing, but do you have a question? Best recent Chet Baker LPs that I have heard are from Sam Records, based in Paris and pressed in France, all mono only. Sam also has some Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, etc, all superb.