Chet Baker in Milan

Chet Baker in Milan

Studio album by

Chet Baker

Released

1959

Recorded

September 25 & 26 and October 6, 1959

Studio

Gurtler Studio, Milan, Italy

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:41

Label

Jazzland
JLP 18

Chet Baker chronology

Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe
(1959)

Chet Baker in Milan
(1959)

Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings
(1959)

Chet Baker in Milan is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Italy in 1959 and released on the Jazzland label.^[1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars stating "If the adage that claims music as the universal language was never proven before, it certainly becomes obvious here. The Italian musicians are intimately familiar with the decidedly American art form of jazz, so much so that the accompanying sax solos are often rendered with more fluidity than Baker's own trumpet leads. The lack of recognizable names should not dissuade fans of West Coast cool jazz from seeking a copy of Chet Baker in Milan, as the album captures all of what is vibrant about the genre".^[2]

Track listing

"Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 4:46
"Cheryl Blues" (Charlie Parker) - 5:00
"Tune Up" (Miles Davis) - 5:18
"Line for Lyons" (Gerry Mulligan) - 7:47
"Pent Up House" (Sonny Rollins) - 5:00
"Look for the Silver Lining" (Buddy DeSylva, Jerome Kern) - 4:35
"Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) - 5:15
"My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 4:56

Recorded in Milan, Italy on September 25 (track 1), September 26 (tracks 2-4) and October 6 (tracks 5-8), 1959.

Personnel

Chet Baker - trumpet
Glauco Masetti - alto saxophone - except 7 and 8
Gianni Basso - tenor saxophone - except 7 and 8
Renato Sellani - piano
Franco Cerri - bass
Gene Victory - drums
Giulio Libano - arranger

References

^ Chet Baker discography accessed August 14, 2013
^ ^a ^b Planer, L. Allmusic listing accessed August 14, 2013
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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Discography
Pacific Jazz	Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953) Grey December (1953) West Coast Live (1953-54 [1997]) Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954) The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (1954) Chet Baker Sings (1954) Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1955) Chet Baker in Europe (1955) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Playboys (1956) Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (1956) Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (1956 [1957]) Embraceable You (1957) Pretty/Groovy (1953-1957 [1958]) A Taste of Tequila (1966) Hats Off (1966) Quietly There (1966) Double-Shot (1966) Into My Life (1966) In the Mood (1966)
Riverside/Jazzland	(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958) Chet Baker in New York (1958) Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace (1958) Chet (1959) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) Chet Baker in Milan (1959) Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1959)
Prestige	Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965)
Enja	Oh You Crazy Moon (1978 [2003]) Peace (1982) Strollin' (1985)
Other labels	Witch Doctor (1953) Chet Baker & Strings (1954) Stan Meets Chet (1958) Chet Is Back! (1962) The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964) Baker's Holiday (1965) Baby Breeze (1965) Double-Shot (1966) Albert's House (1969) Blood, Chet and Tears (1970) In Concert (with Lee Konitz, 1974 [1982]) She Was Too Good to Me (1974) Once Upon a Summertime (1977 [1980]) You Can't Go Home Again (1977) The Best Thing for You (1977 [1989]) Live at Nick's (1978 [1987]) Ballads for Two (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979) The Touch of Your Lips (1979) All Blues (with Rachel Gould) (1979) Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid) (1979 [1980]) Daybreak (1979 [1980]) Rendez-Vous (1979 [1980]) No Problem (1979 [1980]) This Is Always (1979 [1982]) Someday My Prince Will Come (1979 [1983]) Studio Trieste (1982) Out of Nowhere (1982 [1991]) Crystal Bells (1983) Line for Lyons (with Stan Getz) (1983) Everything Happens to Me (with Kirk Lightsey) (1983 [1984]) At Capolinea (1983 [1984]) Mr. B (1983 [1984]) The Improviser (1983 [1984]) Diane (1985) Chet's Choice (1985) Candy (1985) Blues for a Reason (1985) Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma (1985) There'll Never Be Another You (with Philip Catherine) (1985 [1997]) Chet Baker Sings Again (1985 [1986]) As Time Goes By (1986) When Sunny Gets Blue (1986) Cool Cat (1986 [1989]) Chet Baker in Tokyo (1987)
As sideman	Reunion with Chet Baker (with Gerry Mulligan, 1957) A Sign of the Times (with Joe Pass, 1965) Carnegie Hall Concert (with Gerry Mulligan, 1974 [1975]) Silence (with Charlie Haden , 1987)
Compositions	"Freeway" "Chetty's Lullaby" "Motivo su raggio di luna" "So che ti perderò" "Il mio domani"
As actor	Hell's Horizon (1955) Howlers in the Dock (1960)
Films	Let's Get Lost (1988) Born to Be Blue (2015)
Scores	Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959)
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