Chet Baker - Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions In Holland

[mjzee]

Release date April 28:

Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland features 2 recordings of trumpet/vocal icon Chet Baker at the VARA studio 2 in Hilversum, the Netherlands for the KRO radio program Nine O'Clock Jazz. The April 10th session feats. pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, & drummer Charles Rice. The November 9th session feats. pianist Frans Elsen, bassist Victor Kaihatu, & drummer Eric Ineke. Limited 2CD includes an elaborate booklet w/ photos, liner notes, essays, & interviews.

[HutchFan]

This might be really good.  Baker and Phil Markowitz were an excellent pairing -- as heard on Broken Wing (Sonopresse/Inner City/Gitanes), which was recorded just a few months before the first of these archival sessions.