CHET BAKER - Daybreak (1979)

This follow-up to The Touch of Your Lips also has the trumpeter/vocalist joined by guitarist Doug Raney and bassist Niels Pedersen but differs in that the repertoire (Jimmy Heath's "For Minor's Only," Hoagy Carmichael's "Daybreak," Richard Beirach's "Broken Wing" and Miles Davis's "Down") avoids standards in favor of lesser-known pieces. Baker is in fine form stretching out on these six- to eleven-minute performances.  -  Scot Yanow


Tracks
1. For Minors Only (Jimmy Heath)
2. Daybreak (Hoagy Carmichael)
3. You Can’t Go Home Again (Don Sebesky)
4. Broken Wing (Richie Beirach)
5. Down (miles Davis)

NIENS HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN  bass
DOUG RANEY  guitar
CHET BAKER  trumpet, vocals

Recorded live at Montmartre, Copenhagen, October 4, 1979
SteepleChase Records  SCCD-31142   Denmark