Chet Baker & Crew

Chet Baker & Crew
Studio album by Chet Baker
Released	February 1957[1]
Recorded	July 24-25 & 31, 1956 Forum Theater, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:12 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Pacific Jazz PJ 1224
Producer	Richard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
The Route (1956) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956)

Chet Baker & Crew is a studio album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Los Angeles in 1956 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "The numbers heard on Chet Baker & Crew were among a prolific flurry of recordings Baker was involved in during the last week of July 1956 — fresh from an extended European stay".^[3]

Track listing

1. "To Mickey's Memory" (Harvey Leonard) - 5:12
2. "Slightly Above Moderate" (Bob Zieff) - 6:59
3. "Halema" (Phil Urso) - 3:51
4. "Revelation" (Gerry Mulligan) - 3:58
5. "Something For Liza" (Al Cohn) - 4:05
6. "Lucius Lu" (Urso) - 5:34
7. "Worryin' the Life Out of Me" (Miff Mole, Bob Russell, Frank Signorelli) - 2:59
8. "Medium Rock" (Zieff) - 5:30
9. "To Mickey's Memory" [Alternate Take] (Leonard) - 5:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Jumpin' Off a Clef" (Al Haig) - 4:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Chippyin'" (Leonard) - 3:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Pawnee Junction" (Bill Loughborough) - 4:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "Music to Dance By" (Cohn) - 4:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Line for Lyons" (Mulligan, Loughbrough) - 2:48 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at the Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California on July 24, 1956 (tracks 9-11), July 25, 1956 (tracks 12-14) and July 31, 1956 (tracks 1-8)

Personnel

• Chet Baker - trumpet, vocals on track 14
• Phil Urso - tenor saxophone
• Bobby Timmons - piano
• Jimmy Bond - bass
• Peter Littman - drums
• Bill Loughborough - chromatic timpani (tracks 1, 9 & 12)

References

1. ↑ Billboard Mar 9, 1957
2. ↑ Chet Baker discography accessed August 2, 2013
3. 1 2 Planer, L. Allmusic Review accessed August 2, 2013