Ballads for Two
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Ballads for Two
| type = Album
| artist = Chet Baker and Wolfgang Lackerschmid
| cover = Ballads for Two.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1979
| recorded = January 8 & 9, 1979
| venue =
| studio = Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart, West Germany
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:18
| label = Sandra Music Productions
SMP 2102
| producer = Sandra Music Productions
| chronology = Chet Baker
| prev_title = Two a Day
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = The Touch of Your Lips
| next_year = 1979
}}
Ballads for Two is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker and vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid which was recorded in 1979 and first released on Lackerschmid's Sandra Music Productions label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#sandra-smp-2102 Chet Baker Catalog] accessed May 22, 2017[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/chet-baker-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker] accessed May 22, 2017
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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The Allmusic review by Bob Rusch states "This was a record not so much of rhythm as of tonal coloring, pitch and reverberation. This was also an avant-garde Chet Baker, without gimmicks, just meeting an interest to expand and further develop: to invent, expand, create. This was also very beautiful creativity; art for art's sake. Wolfgang Lackerschmid played vibes in a manner owing itself more to Red Norvo and Gary Burton than Milt Jackson, and proved himself to be a creator and artist in his ebb and flow with the trumpeter. Bravos for both artists".{{AllMusic|first=Bob|last=Rusch|class=album |id=mw0000878869 |title=Chet Baker with Wolfgang Lackerschmid – Review |accessdate=May 22, 2017}}
Track listing
All compositions by Wolfgang Lackerschmid except where noted
- "Blue Bossa" (Kenny Dorham) – 3:51
- "Five Years Ago" – 3:49
- "Why Shouldn't You Cry"- 4:44
- "Dessert" (Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Chet Baker) – 6:58
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:10
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 7:53
- "Waltz for Susan" – 3:53
Personnel
References
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