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Formats and Editions
1. Well, You Needn T (Thelonious Monk) 6:22
2. These Foolish Things (Harry Link-Holt Marvell-Jack Strachey) 4:55
3. Barbados (Charlie Parker) 8:26
4. Star Eyes (Gene Depaul-Don Raye) 6:58
5. Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen-E.Y. Yip Harburg) 3:30
6. Pent-Up House (Sonny Rollins) 6:52
7. Ballata in Forma Di Blues (Amedeo Tommasi) 10:03
8. Blues in the Closet (Oscar Pettiford) 7:51
More Info:
Forty-two years ago, Chet Baker - one of the most tragic figures of jazz who lived on the fast lane and ruined himself with drugs and alcohol - was constantly on the road from one European jazz club to another. Local rhythm groups were not always top notch so it was only logical to pick the very best from several countries for a film-music production in Italy. And it was equally logical that RCA's Italian subsidiary brought the musicians into the studio in January 1962.With one exception, the eight titles on this disc are all so-called standards. The two winds demand total concentration from the rhythm section while maintaining relaxed and laid-back harmonic patterns. And this is something the Italian Tommasi, the Belgian Thomas, the Frenchman Quersin and the Swiss Humair carry off with an air of nonchalance.
