Ballads for Two is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker and vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid which was recorded in 1979 and first released on the Lackerschmid's Sandra Music Productions label.[1][2]

Ballads for Two
Studio album by Chet Baker and Wolfgang Lackerschmid
Released	1979
Recorded	January 8 & 9, 1979
Studio	Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:18
Label	Sandra Music Productions SMP 2102
Producer	Sandra Music Productions
Chet Baker chronology
Two a Day (1978) Ballads for Two (1979) The Touch of Your Lips (1979)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Bob Rusch states "This was a record not so much of rhythm as of tonal coloring, pitch and reverberation. This was also an avant-garde Chet Baker, without gimmicks, just meeting an interest to expand and further develop: to invent, expand, create. This was also very beautiful creativity; art for art's sake. Wolfgang Lackerschmid played vibes in a manner owing itself more to Red Norvo and Gary Burton than Milt Jackson, and proved himself to be a creator and artist in his ebb and flow with the trumpeter. Bravos for both artists".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Wolfgang Lackerschmid except where noted

1. "Blue Bossa" (Kenny Dorham) – 3:51
2. "Five Years Ago" – 3:49
3. "Why Shouldn't You Cry"- 4:44
4. "Dessert" (Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Chet Baker) – 6:58
5. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:10
6. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 7:53
7. "Waltz for Susan" – 3:53

Personnel

• Chet Baker – trumpet
• Wolfgang Lackerschmid – vibraphone

References