Chet Baker Quartet Avant garde "I hear it as one

"I hear it as one of the major statements of jazz in the '60s

present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY Award-winning Big Band's new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith

Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson

and Aquiles Navarro (Irreversible Entanglements) - to create a vibrant and verdant suite of multi-textural psychedelic instrumental folk-funk

fusing the free sound of the avant garde to his established hard bop technique and bringing a new level of expression to his playing

Chet Baker Quartet Avant garde "I hear it as oneRecorded days after the tragic death of pianist Dick Twardzik, only bassist Jimmy Bond remains from Chet's original lineup. Newly joined by Gerard Gustin on piano and Bert Dalhander on drums they fall back on standards, the raw emotion of the circumstances apparent thoughout. Remastered from the original tapes on 180gm vinyl.