music.wikisort.org - CompositionGrey December is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker compiling sessions recorded in 1953 and 1955 which was released on the Pacific Jazz label in 1992.[1] The album compiles tracks previously released on the 1954 10-inch LP Chet Baker Ensemble, the 7-inch EP Chet Baker – Sings And Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman And Strings, along with previously unissued alternate takes.
1992 compilation album by Chet Baker
Grey December |
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Released | 1992 |
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Recorded | December 14 & 22, 1953 and February 28, 1955 |
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Studio | Capitol Melrose Ave (Hollywood) |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 53:05 |
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Label | Pacific Jazz CDP 97160 |
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Producer | Richard Bock |
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The CD cover uses the same picture by William Claxton as the original cover of LP Chet Baker Ensemble.
Reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |     [2] |
Allmusic rated the album with 4 stars, stating: "Grey December is one of the better CD reissues featuring Baker's early-'50s recordings on Pacific Jazz, the purveyors of West Coast cool".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Jack Montrose except as indicated
- "Grey December" (Frank Campo) – 3:40
- "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:59
- "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:00
- "This Is Always" (Gordon, Warren) – 3:06
- "Headline" (Jack Montrose) – 3:07
- "Ergo" (Jack Montrose) – 3:08
- "Bockhanal" (Jack Montrose) – 2:58
- "Bockhanal" [Alternate Take] (Jack Montrose) – 2:33
- "A Dandy Line" (Jack Montrose) – 2:48
- "A Dandy Line" [Alternate Take] (Jack Montrose) – 2:48
- "Pro Defunctus" (Jack Montrose) – 3:26
- "Little Old Lady" (Stanley Adams, Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:47
- "Little Old Lady" [Alternate Take] (Adams, Carmichael) – 2:00
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:24
- "Moonlight Becomes You" [Alternate Take] (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:52
- "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:47
- "Goodbye" [Alternate Take] (Jenkins) – 3:42
- Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on December 14, 1953 (tracks 5–10) and December 22, 1953 (tracks 11–17) and on February 28, 1955 (tracks 1–4)
Personnel
- Chet Baker – trumpet, vocals
- Bud Shank – flute (tracks 1–4)
- Herb Geller – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 5–17)
- Jack Montrose – tenor saxophone (tracks 5–17)
- Bob Gordon – baritone saxophone (tracks 5–17)
- Russ Freeman – piano
- Joe Mondragon (tracks 5–17), Red Mitchell (tracks 1–4) – bass
- Shelly Manne (tracks 5–17), Bob Neel (tracks 1–4) – drums
- Corky Dale (tracks 1–4) – harp
- Ray Kramer, Ed Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin (tracks 1–4) – strings
- Franco Campo, Johnny Mandel, Marty Paich (tracks 1–4) – arrangement
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