CHET BAKER QUARTET: FEATURING DICK TWARDZIK mono (Vol.1)
Code: 10276427
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This session, recorded at Studio Pathe-Magellan October 11 and 14, 1955 in Paris, is the first of three recordings released for the Barclay label between 1955 and 1956.
For his first recording-date in Paris Chet decided to tackle Bob Zieff’s compositions, the same ones that Dick Twardzik had picked up in a hurry at the Alvin Hotel on his way to board the liner Ile-de-France. Violonist Dick Wetmore had just recorded the eight tunes, and Bob Zieff had had just enough time to revise the arrangements. Chet neither a champion sight-reader nor a big fan of rehearsals, hadn’t yet played them in front of an audience. From that first French session only the reel referred to as a 'production tape' remains.
This ‘complete Bob Zieff’ gives an impression of unity that wellmatches the suite concept intended by the composer; as for "The Girl From Greenland", its role comes as a codicil.
The record of Chet’s quartet with Twardzik has now appeared in Ben Ratliff’s book "Jazz, a Critic’s Guide to The 100 Most Important Recordings" (The New York Times Essential Library); it’s a fitting mention for an album that was long-unrecognised in the the United States …
Recording: October 1955 at Studio Pathe-Magellan, Paris
Production: Nicole and Eddie Barclay
Tracklist
rondette 2:10
piece caprice 5:10
mid-forte 3:07
re-search 4:59
pomp 4:41
sad walk 4:14
just duo 4:12
the girl from greenland 5:14
brash 5:56
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