Live At Ronnie Scott's (1986)
A mediocre Chet Baker performance at Ronnie Scott's club in London. Chet struggles through many of the songs, although he is helped by the always superb Michel Grailler on piano. 

The video has one completely unnecessary and poor vocal performance by Van Morrison, as well as two pretty good vocal performances by Elvis Costello. I'm a big fan of Costello, but they should have saved this time for a few more pieces by Chet and his trio. The camera spends a lot of time on close-ups of Chet. You can see every crease in his weathered face.

Short interviews are interspersed  between the tunes. In these chats with Elvis Costello, Chet discusses his childhood, his drug busts, his teeth and more.  

Some of this set is available on CD as Live At Ronnie Scott's or as Nightbird. The track selection varies slightly.

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