Chet Baker Trio "Live in Paris - The Radio France Recordings 1983 - 1984"

[soulpope]

https://www.elemental-music.com/chet-baker-trio-live-in-paris-the-radio-france-recordings-limited-3lp-gatefold-edition-2cd-digipack-edition-rsd-2022/

[soulpope]

Although many Chet Baker releases turned up over the years, this one with pianist Michel Graillier and (for the vast part) Ricardo del Fra on bass looks very interesting indeed ....

[HutchFan]

8 hours ago, soulpope said:

Although many Chet Baker releases turned up over the years, this one with pianist Michel Graillier and (for the vast part) Ricardo del Fra on bass looks very interesting indeed ....

I agree. From my POV, Graillier's presence is as much of a selling point as Baker's.

 

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I agree. From my POV, Graillier's presence is as much of a selling point as Baker's.

Agree .... this was - beneath Catherine + Rassinfosse + his best group from the later 70's till "sundown" .... 

[Gheorghe]

On 20.2.2022 at 7:39 AM, soulpope said:

Agree .... this was - beneath Catherine + Rassinfosse + his best group from the later 70's till "sundown" .... 

The last time I saw him, which was also the best Baker I ever heard in my live, was with Graillier, Nicola Stilo (flute and guitar), and our great Austrian bass player Hans Strasser . 

It was at a strange place named "Fritz". But Baker was very articulate, didn´t show up late, was on time, announced a short intermission of 15 minutes and was back exactly after those 15 minutes. On too many other ocasions he was late or didn´t show up or disappeard during intermission.....

The music was wonderful, Night Bird was on schedule, some new stuff that I think was titled "black and white", a kind of slow bossa...., Stella by Starlight played in G (that´s the key I like to play or hear Stella, not the too often played Bb)......., I think this was only a handful of months before he died....