Chet on Poetry - 1988

One of the last Chet Baker's album, very rare and special for the unusual repertoire and also because, on some tracks, Baker is reading poems by Gianluca Mauri and Maurizio Guercini.

The vibrant cover art, is signed by Piero Pizzi Cannella.

Credits:

Label: NOVUS
Catalog# PL 74347
Format: LP
Country: Italy
Date of release: 1989

Recorded by Franco Finetti and Sergio Marcotulli 

at "Forum Studios", Rome, January 1988

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Chet Baker (tp, vcl),
Nicola Stilo (fl, p, synth),
Enzo Pietropaoli (bass),
Roberto Gatto (drums),
Alfredo Minotti (perc, background vcl on "The Party Is Over"),
Carla Marcotulli (background vcl on "The Party Is Over")

note:
On "Almost Blue" only C. Baker (vcl), N. Stilo (g)

On "Waiting for Chet" only C. Baker (vcl),
Diane Vavra (vcl), Paul Cantos (fl).

Tracklisting:

Side One

1) In A Sentimental Mood (D. Ellington) - 6:43
     introductory poem by G. Manzi
2) The Party Is Over (G. Manzi - N. Stilo) - 5:16
3) With Sadness (M. Guercini - N. Stilo) - 5:06

Side Two

1) Like the Precedent (M. Guercini - N. Stilo) - 1:35
2) Deep Arabesques (G. Manzi - N. Stilo) - 4:18
3) Chet's Blues (C. Baker) - 4:55
4) Almost Blue (E. Costello) - 3:23
5) Waiting for Chet (M. Guercini - D. Vavra) - 3:11

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