Monday, December 1, 2008

Vinyls of the Month - "Mulligan & Baker: Carnegie Hall Concert Vols. 1 & 2"

Vinyls of the Month
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker: "Carnegie Hall Concert Vols. 1 & 2" (CTI) 1975

Two special treasures in my LP collection, both autographed by Chet Baker when we first met there in Rio back in 1985.
On "Volume 1", he signed:
"Arnaldo
Yeah --------------
Thanks
Chet Baker
85"
Then, on "Volume 2", Chet wrote:
"Thanks Arnaldo
for all your interest
Chet Baker
Rio 85"
Produced by Creed Taylor
Recorded live byDave Hewitt & John Venable (remixed by Rudy Van Gelder) at Carnegie Hall, NY, on November 24, 1974
Featuring: Bob James, Ron Carter, Harvey Mason, John Scofield, Dave Samuels, Ed Byrne

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