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DDJD-016

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Limited edition

Release date

2024-04-26

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PIAS

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8435395504116

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Chet Baker

Jack Sheldon

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Jazz

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Jazz Detective Records 

Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, composer, and artist. Born on December 23, 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, USA, he began his career in the early 1950s playing alongside renowned musicians. However, his career was hindered by drug addiction and arrests for narcotics.

Despite these challenges, Baker made several comebacks starting from 1957 with collaborations featuring talented musicians like [Collaborator Name] and Gerry Mulligan. Despite having his teeth knocked out during an altercation, Baker recovered and continued to record frequently across various labels. He showcased his skills both in small groups and leading large ensembles in live settings.

In the 1980s until his death at the age of 58 on May 13th, 1988 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Chet Baker recorded extensively in Europe. His music legacy remains influential as he left behind a remarkable body of work that showcases his unique talent as a trumpeter and vocalist.

In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album, a hitherto unknown 1972 studio recording featuring trumpeters / vocalists Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon. Co-produced by “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman and Famed Film Producer Frank Marshall, who discovered the recordings in the family garage.

Marshall’s father was jazz guitarist and composer Jack Marshall; he
is a featured player on the Baker-Sheldon recordings, which were cut at United Audio, the Tustin, CA, studio
facility he operated with partner Hank Quinn, who co-produced the original ’72 date. Veteran music executive
and TV/film producer, Jeff Pollack —whose recent credits include The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash,
Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time, Rhythm + Flow and McCartney: 3,2,1 — is an executive producer on the
album.
Besides the leaders and Marshall, the session features three top Los Angeles rhythm players: pianist Dave
Frishberg (who later penned some of the witty tunes the Sheldon famously sang for ABC’s Saturday-morning
children’s programming, Schoolhouse Rock), bassist Joe Mondragon, and drummer Nick Ceroli.
Feldman says, 

&nbsp;This session was projected as one of the first in years to feature Chet Baker in a leadership role. He had been
largely inactive in the studio since suffering a savage assault on the street in the San Francisco Bay area in
August 1966. The beating broke several of the musician’s teeth and forced him to be fitted with dentures, which
left him uncomfortable and wary of playing. But Sheldon, a close friend and peer of Baker, tried to coax him
back to work.&nbsp;

In Perfect Harmony - The Lost Studio Album

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Discover In Perfect Harmony - The Lost Studio Album by Jack Sheldon on Jazz Detective Records. Unearthed 1972 recording with Chet Baker, co-produced by Zev Feldman and Frank Marshall.