Chet Baker in Europe

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{{Infobox album

| name = Chet Baker in Europe

| type = Album

| artist = Chet Baker

| cover = Chet Baker in Europe.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1956

| recorded = October 11 & 24, 1955
Paris, France

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Pacific Jazz
PJ 1218

| producer = Richard Bock

| chronology = Chet Baker

| prev_title = Chet Baker Sings and Plays

| prev_year = 1955

| next_title = The Route

| next_year = 1956

}}

Chet Baker in Europe (subtitled A Jazz Tour of the NATO Countries) is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker drawn from sessions recorded in Paris in 1955 for Barclay Records and released in the U.S. on the Pacific Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#barclay-blp-84009 Chet Baker discography] accessed August 2, 2013 One consists largely of compositions by Bob Zieff, which pianist Dick Twardzik had introduced to Baker's repertoire; the other side consists of standards, recorded with a different quartet after Twardzik's death from a heroin overdose.{{Cite journal|last=Chambers|first=Jack|date=October 2004|title=Revenge of the Underground Jazz Composer|url=http://itech.dickinson.edu/Sirena/Issue2/Chambers.pdf|journal=Sirena|volume=2|pages=130–140}}

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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Allmusic rated the album with 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/chet-baker-in-europe-mw0000868859 Allmusic listing] accessed August 2, 2013

Track listing

  1. "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:16
  2. "You Go to My Head" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) - 5:54
  3. "Tenderly" (Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross) - 6:39
  4. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 7:06
  5. "There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:48
  6. "Rondette" (Bob Zieff) - 2:11
  7. "Piece Caprice" (Zieff) - 5:12
  8. "Mid-Forte" (Zieff) - 3:08
  9. "Pomp" (Zieff) - 4:42
  10. "Sad Walk" (Zieff) - 4:14
  11. "The Girl from Greenland" (Richard Twardzik) - 5:16
  • Recorded in Paris, France, on October 11 (tracks 6, 8, 10), October 14 (tracks 7, 9, 11), and October 24 (tracks 1-5), 1955

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