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Chet Baker Quartet

Recorded	Oct 24, 1955
Label	Sam Records
Released	1955
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 585785

The record

Recorded during Baker's European travels, this quartet date puts his airy tone in the hands of pianist Gérard Gustin and Swedish drummer Nils-Bertil Dahlander. Sam Records' reissue shows a quieter, working-band Baker between coasts and crises.

Session personnel

Jimmy Bond — bass
Nils-Bertil Dahlander — drums
Gérard Gustin — piano
Chet Baker — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 29 pressings on file.

1953	Pacific Jazz · PJ LP-3 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono earliest on file
1953	Pacific Jazz · EP4-4 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1954	Vogue Records · EPV 1007 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1954	Vogue · EPL. 7039 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Solid center
1954	Vogue · EPL. 7039 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1954	Karusell · KLP 1 — Vinyl, LP, 10"
1954	Vogue · EPL. 7039 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP,
1955	Barclay · 84009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1955	Pacific Jazz · EP4-4 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Repress
1956	Barclay · 84017 — Vinyl, LP
1956	Barclay · 84.017 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1956	Vogue Productions · LDEA 045 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album
1977	Blue Star · GP-3109 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1986	Barclay · BLP-84017 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue