CHET BAKER - Live In Paris - The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984 - 3LP - Deluxe Gatefold 180g Vinyl [RSD 2022 - DROP 2]

3LP – Limited Edition Deluxe Hand Numbered 180g Black Vinyl
(Housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. Includes a 12-page insert with previously-unpublished photos.)

Available exclusively in-store from 8am on Saturday 18th June 2022.
Any all/remaining copies will be on sale online from 7pm on Sunday 19th June.

This is an official release comprising 1983-84 previously unissued live performances by the famed trumpeter-vocalist presented as a three-LP Record Store Day exclusive by Elemental Music Records in cooperation with the Chet Baker Estate and INA France. April 23 Vinyl Release will be followed by a Two-CD Package on April 30…

Recorded in stereo by Radio France at La Esplanade de La Défense (July 17, 1983) and Le Petit Opportun (February 7, 1984). Both concerts are distinguished by the dazzling playing of the virtuosic pianist Michel Graillier, who performed regularly with Baker’s combos from 1977 until Baker’s death in 1988.

Mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at 33 1/3 RPM by Memphis Record Pressing. It includes a 12-page insert with previously-unpublished photos; the dazzling performances by Chet’s drumless trios will be complemented with essays by journalist and author Ashley Kahn, journalist Franck Bergerot, Pascal Rozat of Ina France, and interviews with Baker sidemen Riccardo Del Fra, Dominique Lemerle, and Richie Beirach.

“A rare window on a significant moment in Baker’s history” – Ahsley Khan

 
Tracklisting:

LP1 – Recorded at Esplanade de La Défense (July 17, 1983):

SIDE A
1) THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU 14:42
2) EASY LIVING 14:28

SIDE B
1) BUT NOT FOR ME [vocals by Chet Baker] 15:42
2) STELLA BY STARLIGHT [Final words by Chet Baker] 8:43

LP2 – Recorded at Le Petit Opportun (February 7, 1984):

SIDE C
1) FUNK IN DEEP FREEZE 12:19
2) JUST FRIENDS [vocals by Chet Baker] 12:55

SIDE D
1) ARBOR WAY 18:55

LP3 – Recorded at Le Petit Opportun (February 7, 1984):

SIDE E
1) STROLLIN’ 14:24
2) MARGERINE 9:54

SIDE F
1) LAMENT 15:19
2) WALKIN’ [final words by MC Claude Carrière] 10:07

Personnel (LP1):
Recorded at Esplanade de La Défense (July 17, 1983)
Chet Baker – trumpet and vocals
Michel Graillier – piano
Dominique Lemerle – bass

Personnel (LP’s 2 & 3):
Recorded at Le Petit Opportun (February 7, 1984)
Chet Baker – trumpet and vocals
Michel Graillier – piano
Riccardo Del Fra – bass