Pacific Jazz · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Sings And Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman And Strings

Chet Baker

Recorded	Feb 28 & Mar 7, 1955
Label	Pacific Jazz
Released	1955
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 292892

The record

Corky Hale's harp and Bud Shank's flute wrap around Baker's fragile, half-spoken vocals here, Russ Freeman's arrangements pulling the date closer to art song than bebop. An odd, tender break from the trumpet-first records that built his name.

Session personnel

Carson Smith — bass
Red Mitchell — bass
Bob Neel — drums
Bud Shank — flute
Corky Hale — harp, strings
Russ Freeman — piano
Chet Baker — trumpet, vocals

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 35 pressings on file.

1955	Pacific Jazz · PJ-1202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1958	World Pacific Records · PJ-1202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove
1987	Pacific Jazz · PJ-1202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove
1955	Pacific Jazz · EP4-30 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1955	Pacific Jazz · PJ-1202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1956	Vogue · LAE 12018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	World Pacific Records · ST-602 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1978	Pacific Jazz · GXF-3111(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
1978	Pacific Jazz · GXF-3111(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1981	Pacific Jazz · K23P-6703 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono
1985	Pacific Jazz · PAJ-70217 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1985	Pacific Jazz · PAJ-70217 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono, microgroove
1987	Pacific Jazz · CP32-5352 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1991	Pacific Jazz · PJ-1202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono