Chet Baker - Signature

Deluxe CD presentation with extensive booklet - remastered from the original tapes. 1985 was perhaps the best year of the last phase of Chet Baker's career and his recordings with Philip Catherine and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse are clear proof of this. These, in general, are of great artistic standing and show that the trio, born almost extemporaneously, had turned into a real group, in which the musicians conversed with each other, but also had ample spaces to express themselves as soloists. A trio without piano and drums in which the lyricism of Baker's trumpet, Catherine's nervous guitar phrasing, as well as the solidity of Rassinfosse's constant rhythmic drive, ensured the music a surprising balance based on contrasts.

Recorded September 14, 1985 during the 12th Foggia Jazz Festival.

Chet Baker: trumpet, voice
Philip Catherine: guitar
Jean-Louis Rassinfosse: bass