Record Store Day
Saturday 18th June 2022
The meeting of Ennio and Chet in 1962 was a sublimeencounter and couldn't have come at a better time for bothartists.
For years, many Chet Baker fans weren’t even aware these fourItalian sides existed, as the four RCA songs weren't releasedoutside of Italy until the early 2000s. For another, when mostlisteners reach for the singing Baker, they usually turn to hiswork with pianist Russ Freeman, although these four Italiantracks are easily in the same league.
In August, 1960, Chet Baker was arrested in Lucca, Italy. Hewas convicted of drug smuggling and forgery and sentenced toa year, seven months, and ten days in a Lucca prison. When hewas released early, in December, 1961, RCA Italiana organizedcollaborative sessions with composer, arranger, and conductorEnnio Morricone. In 1962, they recorded these 4 compositionsthat Chet Baker wrote while incarcerated.
Although rumoured to be originally written for a film score, onlyChe Ti Perdero, finally made it on the soundtrack of ‘Lets GetLost’, released in 1988.
These are beautiful and exotic works by Baker - If you're aChet Baker fan, you're a romantic. And if you're a romantic, thenwhat more could you ask for than for Baker at his seductivebest singing ballads in Italian? Not to mention playing an opentrumpet on top of Italian cinematic strings, conducted by thelegendary Morricone.
60th anniversary edition remastered.
Includes lyric sheet