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Chet Baker Quintet
For 3 amazing days in August, 1965, Chet laid down 32 tracks for Prestige. He's backed by an experienced band featuring George Coleman (who played in Miles Davis' band) on Tenor Sax. Baker does surprising well, considering he's working with unfamiliar musicians and mostly original material , lots of hard-bop tunes penned by Richard Carpenter and Tadd Dameron. The LP titles and art work were a blatant rip-off of similarly-packaged Miles Davis recordings, such as Walkin' and Workin'. This would Chet's last great studio work until with 1974 comeback.

The sessions were released on 3 CD's in 1996: On A Misty Night, Stairway to the Stars,
and Lonely Star.

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Chet Baker - Flugelhorn 
George Coleman - Tenor Sax
Kirk Lightsey - Piano 
Herman Wright - Bass 
Roy Brooks - Drums 
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Recorded August 23-25, 1965, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Released on CD as On A Misty Night (Prestige PRCD-24174-2) ,
Stairway to the Stars (Prestige PRCD-24173-2) , and Lonely Star (PrestigePRCD-24172-2)
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Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet
Prestige PRLP 7460
 1. Madison Avenue - 5:51 
 2. Lonely Star - 7:49 
 3. Wee, Too - 7:37 
 4. Tan Gaugin - 6:16 
 5. Cherokee - 6:56
 6. Bevan Beeps - 5:04

Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet
Prestige PRLP 7478
 1. Comin' On - 5:41
 2. Stairway to the Stars - 4:44
 3. No Fair Lady - 8:15
 4. When You're Gone - 4:08
 5. Choose Now - 5:52
 6. Chabootie - 6:57
 7. Carpsie's Groove - 6:38
 

Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet
Prestige PRLP 7496
 1. Hurry - 4:50 
 2. I Waited for You - 6:35
 3. The 490 - 6:08
 4. Cut Plug - 4:37 
 5. Boudoir - 6:19 
 6. Étude in Three - 5:09 
 7. Sleeping Susan - 8:42 



Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet
Prestige PRLP 7449
 1. Grade A Gravy - 6:24 
 2. Serenity - 5:20 
 3. Fine and Dandy - 7:22 
 4. Have You Met Miss Jones? - 6:38 
 5. Rearin' Back - 6:01
 6. So Easy - 6:51 

 

Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet
Prestige PRLP 7512
 1. Go-Go - 4:07 
 2. Lament for the Living - 6:55 
 3. Pot Luck - 8:11 
 4. Bud's Blues - 6:12 
 5. Romas - 6:48 
 6. On a Misty Night - 7:33 

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