The Original Quartet With Chet Baker [2-CD SET]

Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan - The Original Quartet With Chet Baker [2-CD SET]

The Original Quartet With Chet Baker [2-CD SET]
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Artist: Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-07-14
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Get Happy
  2. 'S Wonderful
  3. Godchild
  4. Dinah
  5. She Didn't Say Yes, She Didn't Say No
  6. Bernie's Tune
  7. Lullaby Of The Leaves
  8. Utter Chaos #1
  9. Aren't You Glad You're You
  10. Frenesi
  11. Nights At The Turnstable
  12. Freeway
  13. Soft Shoe
  14. Walkin' Shoes
  15. Aren't You Glad You're You
  16. Get Happy
  17. Poinciana
  18. Godchild
  19. Makin' Whoopee
  20. Cherry
  21. Motel
  22. Carson City Stage
Music CD 2
  1. My Old Flame
  2. Love Me Or Leave Me (Alternate Take)
  3. Love Me Or Leave Me
  4. Swinghouse (10in LP Take)
  5. Swinghouse (12in LP Take)
  6. Jeru
  7. Utter Chaos #2
  8. Darn That Dream
  9. Darn That Dream (Alternate Take)
  10. I May Be Wrong (12in LP Take)
  11. I May Be Wrong (10in LP Take)
  12. I'm Beginning To See The Light (10in LP Take)
  13. I'm Beginning To See The Light (12in LP Take)
  14. The Nearness Of You
  15. Tea For Two
  16. Five Brothers
  17. I Can't Get Started
  18. Ide's Side
  19. Funhouse
  20. My Funny Valentine

Music reviews of The Original Quartet With Chet Baker [2-CD SET]

Music Review: Absolute beauty
Rating: 5 Stars

I don't know if I should even attempt to compose a review for this release. I'm not certain I could even approach anything resembling "justice" for it. I'm sure I'll fall far short. But, that aside, here goes.

This cd, as my title indicates, is absolutely beautiful. To start, I would recommend getting this cd along with "Chet with Russ Freeman" and the Chet Baker/Art Pepper release that was once known as "Playboys" when on Capitol Records that is now called "Picture of Heath" in it's reissued form. These three releases combined make for a great combination/trilogy.

That said, this cd is fantastic. It captures Chet, and Mulligan, in their infancy, right on the cusp of what was to come. You can still hear the naivete in Chet's playing and while it's not as great as his "Chet" cd (which is absolutely, hands-down, my all-time favorite), it is just as magical. Just in a different way. This is the absolute epitome of the "West Coast Vibe." And, now, for me living here in Miami Beach and having left my home of San Francisco (where I lived for over 25 years), it brings back many, many memories of being very young, slaving away at menial jobs to go spend all my money at record stores to pick up jazz lp's (yes, lp's). All my minimum wage earnings went to Chet, Pepper, Getz, Garland, Mitchell, Adderly, Miles, MJQ, Monk, Webster, Hawkins, Milt, etc, etc, etc. Then, I'd take them home, cherish them, make mix tapes, and then hit the PCH or the city streets in my Ford Falcon with this as my company.

That's the truth. A bit of a diversion from a "review" of this cd, but it kind of, kind of, catches a vibe about this cd that, if you can at all dig what I'm saying (and hopefully, if you're checking out this release anyway - you're a soul I can relate to and CAN catch my drift), then you can get this vibe. But, if you know anything about this scene, then you know what I mean anyway. This is fluid, soul-touching stuff. If it needs any explanation, chances are there isn't anyone who can really explain it to you, nor anyone who would want to, and this is probably something you'd never get. But, it probably won't need explaining. You get this, you put it in, you close your eyes, you'll know. Top down, sunny day or rain on window pane with your heart full of sadness. Oddly, it fits both 'cause I've tried it. But just do yourself a favor and pick this baby up, along with the others I mentioned. You will be glad you did.
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Description of The Original Quartet With Chet Baker [2-CD SET]

The pianoless Gerry Mulligan Quartet, which launched the careers of Mulligan, Chet Baker and Chico Hamilton, lasted only one year (June of '52-'53). These two remastered CDs cover all 42 tracks that the quartet recorded for Pacific Jazz in that one year in which the band invented itself, evolved, hit the big time and then disappeared. Recorded live at the Haig and in various studios, this music is essential modern jazz.
Gerry Mulligan's off-the-bandstand relationship with Chet Baker could never be considered amiable, but once the two West Coast bad boys picked up the horns, everything was sweetness and light, though often underscored by a subtle and sweet tension. That's never been more apparent than on The Original Quartet with Chet Baker, a limited- edition, two-CD set (42 tracks!) that compiles the group's entire Pacific Jazz output (with the exception of their collaborations with Lee Konitz, available on Konitz Meets Mulligan. As the band that defined the swinging and sophisto West Coast sound, these Mulligan/Baker sides are laid-back but also sly and cerebral. While the rhythm section (bassists include Red Mitchell, Joe Mondragon, Bob Whitlock, and Carson Smith; drums were brushed by Chico Hamilton and Larry Bunker) lays back and affords the horns plenty of room, Baker and Mulligan circle each other like boxers one moment, lovers the next. It's a dance you don't want to miss. --S. Duda

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