Previously Unissued Sonny Stitt in Baltimore in 1973!
Deluxe 2-CD set with audio transferred from the original tape reels
Includes an extensive 28-page booklet with rare photos from Burt Goldblatt, Raymond Ross and others; liner notes by acclaimed jazz critic and author Bob Blumenthal; plus interviews with Charles McPherson, Kenny Barron, Louis Hayes and more!
Limited-Edition 2-LP Set Also Available
Chet Baker - Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland
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Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland features two previously unissued lost studio sessions of trumpet/vocal icon Chet Baker captured in glorious stereo at the legendary VARA studio 2 in Hilversum, the Netherlands for the KRO radio program Nine O’Clock Jazz. The April 10, 1979 session features pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and drummer Charles Rice; and the November 9th session features pianist Frans Elsen, bassist Victor Kaihatu, and drummer Eric Ineke. Both sessions were originally produced by Edwin Rutten and Lex Lammen for KRO-NCRV, and are now being produced for release officially for the first time by “jazz detective” Zev Feldman and Frank Jochemsen. The deluxe 2-CD edition includes an elaborate 24-page booklet with photos by Veryl Oakland, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Christian Rose and others; liner notes by Dutch journalist Jeroen de Valk, plus essays by Feldman, Jochemsen, and Rutten; and interviews with Baker bandmates Phil Markowtiz, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse and Eric Ineke, as well as trumpeters Randy Brecker and Enrico Rava, and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi. Transferred from the original KRO radio tape reels.
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Deluxe Two CD Package