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Chet Baker
Released 2004

Moonlight Becomes You
03:27
72 plays

Bockhanal
03:00
66 plays

Headline
03:11
43 plays

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songs

- 1
- Bockhanal
- 03:00
- 66 plays

- 2
- Ergo
- 03:11
- 38 plays

- 3
- Moonlight Becomes You
- 03:27
- 72 plays

- 4
- Headline
- 03:11
- 43 plays

- 5
- A Dandy Line
- 02:51
- 30 plays

- 6
- Little Old Lady
- 02:50
- 28 plays

- 7
- Goodbye
- 03:50
- 158 plays

- 8
- Pro Defunctus
- 03:27
- 102 plays

- 9
- Bockhanal (Alternate Take)
- 02:35
- 26 plays

- 10
- Moonlight Becomes You (Alternate Take)
- 02:55
- 29 plays

- 11
- A Dandy Line (Alternate Take)
- 02:51
- 28 plays

- 12
- Little Old Lady (Alternate Take)
- 02:01
- 27 plays

- 13
- Goodbye (Alternate Take)
- 03:41
- 24 plays

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album review

Chet Baker Ensemble collects all the tracks recorded by trumpeter Chet Baker and his group on a session for Pacific Jazz in late December of 1953. Having been released piecemeal on various albums over the years, this represents the first complete gathering of this material. Recorded less than two months before the legendary Chet Baker Sings sessions, these tracks showcase the young Baker as a hardcore jazz trumpeter before the public became overwhelmingly infatuated with his unique vocal abilities. Featuring first-rate "West Coast"-style arrangements by tenor saxophonist Jack Montrose -- who also composed many of the songs -- the septet seems to combine the jocular interplay of Baker's work with saxophonist Gerry Mulligan with the hip, swinging work popularized by the large ensembles of trumpeter Shorty Rogers. Besides Montrose, backing Baker here are saxophonists Herb Geller and Bob Gordon, bassist Joe Mondragon, drummer Shelly Manne, and pianist Russ Freeman. Rating alongside the best of Baker's catalog, Chet Baker Ensemble is a must-hear for both longtime fans and neophytes of the iconic trumpeter/vocalist's work. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide