Pacific – PJ-1232Rec. Date : November 6, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Russ FreemanTrumpet : Chet BakerBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly Manne Army TimesTom Scanlan : 01/18/1958 Moving now to more modern jazz, specifically Quartet: Russ Freeman and Chet Baker, the thought occurs that the award-winning Baker is probably a better trumpet player than people like myself – raised on greater…
Pacific – PJ-1224Rec. Dates : July 24, 1956, July 25, 1956, July 31, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet BakerBass : James BondDrums : Peter Littman, Bill LoughbroughPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Phil Urso Billboard : 03/09/1957Score of 84 The first really new set by this group in almost two years is musically adequate, tho not quite up to par…
Pacific – PJ-1203Rec. Date : May 9, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet BakerBass : Carson SmithDrums : Bob NeelPiano : Russ Freeman Billboard : 01/21/1956Score of 79 This was taped from a concert session at the University of Michigan in 1954, which accounts for the unusually “live” atmosphere of the proceedings. The boys were blowing for an appreciative…
