album · February 21, 1960

Chet Baker in Milan

Chet Baker

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The trumpeter's first sessions in Italy were for this 1960 album, featuring a new quintet that included Bobby Jaspar and René Thomas.

• The sessions took place at thebraio studio in Milan on March 1, 1960.
• The album was reissued on CD in 2001 by Original Jazz Classics.
• The album features five tracks, including "So Do I" and "Stairway to the Stars."

Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and vocalist. He rose to fame in the cool jazz scene of the 1950s.