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Stairway To The Stars – The Prestige Sessions (Comin On With The Chet Baker Quintet plus bonus tracks)

CD (Item 511932) Prestige, 1965 — Condition: Used
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Fantastic material by Chet Baker – a series of selections recorded for Prestige Records after his return from Europe – done with a lot more bite than his 50s material! The group here is very hip – George Coleman on tenor, Kirk Lightsey on piano, Herman Wright on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums – a quartet of very cool youngsters from Detroit – and Chet also blows fluegelhorn,w hich makes for a different vibe too. This album features the material from the album Comon On With The Chet Baker Quintet – plus more tracks from the albums Groovin With and Cool Burnin.  © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.

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