Broken Wing

Author: Chet Baker

Format: Audiobook

PartNumber: 044001304323

Release Date: 10-10-2001

Details: Amazon.caThe Jazz in Paris–Broken Wing CD presents a 1978 quartet recording by the trumpeter Chet Baker and adds two lengthy alternative takes to the LP from which it’s derived. The Paris rhythm section–Phil Markowitz on piano, Jean-Francois Jenny-Clarke on bass and Jeff Brillinger on drums–provide ideal support with some particularly impressive bass solos. Chet’s wistful singing is heard on “Oh, You Crazy Moon” but otherwise his poignant trumpet, lyrical and beautifully controlled, is predominant. The spirit of Miles Davis hovers at Chet’s shoulder, but he has his own tone and phrasing, less dramatic but subtly insinuating. “Blue Gilles”, a Baker original, is a very slow, mournful lament dedicated to Gilles Gautherin, the producer of this session. Wayne Shorter’s “Black Eyes”, which comes in two