JAZZLAND · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Chet Baker With Fifty Italian Strings
| Recorded | Oct 1959 |
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| Label | JAZZLAND |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 1 credited player |
| Discogs | master 232687 |
The record
Strings cushion every phrase on this late-'50s detour into orchestral pop-jazz, Baker's horn and occasional vocal warmth floating through the arrangements. Mood music pure and simple, closer to a listening-room record than a blowing date.
Session personnel
- Chet Baker — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Jazzland · JLP 921S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1960 | JAZZLAND — MONO |
| 1966 | JAZZLAND · JLP 921S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1967 | JAZZLAND · JLP 21 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono |
| 1988 | Jazzland · VDJ-1615 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-492-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-492 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5492 — Cassette, Reissue, Remastered, Dolby |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-492-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC20-492-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1994 | Yeh Eum Records · YFJL-682 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1996 | Jazzland · VICJ-2183 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2006 | Jazzland · VICJ-41545 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2016 | Riverside Records · UCCO-5590 — CD, Album, Reissue, SHM-CD |