Chet Baker - Chet On PoetryVinyl LP pressing. "Chet On Poetry is his last record in studio, but indeed it differs from the others and it is one of the best and the most charming one. Chet was in a good shape in Rome, in those Winter days, and he had the right partners. First of all you have to listen to him when he reads poetry." This is how the great Italian critic Franco Fayenz introduces this recording in his liner notes. Chet On Poetry actually is West Coast's trumpet

Next day newspapers run two headlines next to each other: the ruin of his hands

The two concertos gathered here highlight this violinist/composer duality

An expressionist poem from 1911 at the head of a press release in 2023

toubeleki (Greek drum) and vocals

with 'The Wanderer'

A splendid record

unique pointillism and unforseen atmospheres

Weill symbolizes both exile (to France and the USA) and the mixture of genres

Frank left Chicago as a teen and settled in Kansas City

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and varied set lists

Glenn Crytzer and his award-winning Orchestra recreate the classic styles of the Jazz Age and Swing Era with nods to Paul Whiteman