Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker originally recorded in 1953 and released as a 10-inch LP on the Pacific Jazz label.[1] The album was reissued on CD in 1998 with 17 bonus tracks originally released on the 10-inch LP Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman and 12-inch LPs Pretty/Groovy and The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker.

Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman
Studio album by Chet Baker
Released	1953
Recorded	July 29 & 30, 1953
Studio	Capitol, 5515 Melrose, Hollywood Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	71:22 CD reissue
Label	Pacific Jazz PJLP 6
Producer	Richard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
West Coast Live (1953) Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953) Pretty/Groovy (1958)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic rated the reissued album with 4 stars stating "The 25 selections here provide copious evidence of Baker's uncanny artistry as he develops a dark, yet lyrical, interpretive approach. Immediately evident is the thoughtful synergy between Baker and the comparatively understated Freeman, whose comps help link the respective solos".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Russ Freeman except as indicated

1. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Bert Shefter) – 2:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:43 Bonus track on CD reissue
4. "Maid in Mexico" – 2:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
5. "Russ Job" – 2:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" [10" LP Take] (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 2:11
8. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" [12" LP Take] (Kern, Gershwin) – 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Carson City Stage" (Carson Smith) – 2:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Batter Up" – 2:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "No Ties" [10" LP Take] – 2:57
13. "No Ties" [12" LP Take] – 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:53
15. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Ray Henderson song) [10" LP Take] (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) – 2:44
16. "The Thrill Is Gone" [12" LP Take] (Brown, Henderson) – 2:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
17. "Band Aid" – 2:43
18. "Bea's Flat" – 2:57
19. "Moon Love" [10" LP Take] (Kern, George Grossmith, Jr., P. G. Wodehouse) – 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
20. "Moon Love" [12" LP Take] (Kern, Grossmith, Wodehouse) – 3:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
21. "Happy Little Sunbeam" – 2:40
22. "Happy Little Sunbeam" [Alternate Take] – 2:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
23. "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 2:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
24. "Winter Wonderland" [78 Take] (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
25. "Winter Wonderland" [LP Take] (Bernard, Smith) – 2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded in Los Angeles on July 24 (track 1), July 27 (tracks 2–4), July 29 & 30 (tracks 5–11) and at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on October 3 (tracks 12–22) and October 27 (tracks 23–25), 1953

Personnel

• Chet Baker – trumpet, vocals (on track 23)
• Russ Freeman – piano
• Bob Whitlock (tracks 1–4), Carson Smith (tracks 5–22), Joe Mondragon (tracks 23–25) – bass
• Bobby White (tracks 1–4), Larry Bunker (tracks 5–22), Shelly Manne (tracks 23–25) – drums

References