"Confirmation" Chet Baker - Archie Shepp Together part 1

[bigfatdynamo32]

What record is the off of?

[doctorballrash14]

you know i often hear talk of how Chet Baker couldn't get around his horn. that's so untrue. i have heard records of him shedding all over tunes. check him out on ''Have You Met Miss Jones'' he just preferred to be lyrical. that was his style. that's what made who he is. and that's why we love him.

Besides, he played with Bird, do you think Bird would play with anyone who couldn't get around his horn?

[Drworm89]

@doctorballrash14 So true. When Chet started to play with Bird, he wasn't even twenty yet. It is very well known that Chet loved ballads and is known for them most. I believe he didn't "shred" sometimes because his addiction to drugs would often get in the way by distracting him, losing his teeth keeping him from playing publicly for three years, and the fact that his trumpets were stolen a few times even during gigs.

[thmsjordan]

@doctorballrash14 - Yes Chet could absolutely "shred" whatever that means in a jazz context, but I agree, he tended to play in a very laid back West Coast style and he was incredibly lyrical, I think people hear one or two tunes and get the wrong idea about Chet. He was an amazing player and could get around just fine on his horn.

[27sepulchre]

blown away

[owsienka]

@27sepulchre

Chet was one-of-a-kind. His playing was technically lacking, he was a perfect picture of not really giving a darn about his horn. And still you would have a hard time finding a truer picture of cool. He is L.A. He is Amsterdam. He is a hero of mine.

[lsmith869]

@owsienka Nice line You must be a musician.



[jaimepaullamb]

nothing like an ice-cold tab to wash down your pig knuckles.

[jugi1984]

what

[MUSICALX57]

Excelente e inesperado. Não conhecia.

[mariogmariotti]

due grandissimi "poeti" del jazz

[kidderminsterbro]

great contrast of tones with smooth chet baker trumpet sound against archie shepps sassy and brassy tenor sax sound. this is just wonderful music from the hearts and minds of two gifts we get to treasure.

thanks for the passing on of this great music.

peace,

rich