Chet Baker in Italy

Chet Baker - The Italian Discography

50s & 60s

ITALIAN RECORDINGS
EP and LP releases

1962
- "Chetty's lullaby" RCA PM 45-3068
- "Motivo su raggio di luna" RCA PM 45-3080

1956
- "Live in Europe, volume 1: Exitus" Replica Records RR 1
- "Live in Europe, volume 2: Cool Blues" Replica Records RR 2
1959
- "Sextet & Quartet" Music LPM 2094
- "Sings and Plays" Celson LPQ 25.005
- Piero Umiliani "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti" (unreleased)
- Piero Umiliani "Urlatori alla sbarra" (unreleased)
- Armando Trovajoli "I piaceri del sabato notte" (unreleased)
1962
- "Chet Is Back!" RCA LPM 10307
- Piero Umiliani "Smog" RCA PML 10320
- Piero Umiliani "Intrigo a Los Angeles" CAM Cms 30-104

Other soundtracks recordings

NOT-ITALIAN RECORDINGS
EP and LP releases

EPs

MUSIC releases

- "Sings, Volume 1" Music EPM 20003
- "Sings, Volume 2" Music EPM 20004
- "Sings and Plays, Volume 1" Music EPM 20005
- "Sings and Plays, Volume 2" Music EPM 20006
- "At Tiffany Club" Music EPM 20016
- "At Tiffany Club, Volume 2" Music EPM 20017
- Gerry Mulligan "Quartet Vol.4" Music EPM 20031
- "The Chet Baker Ensemble" Music EPM 20035
- "The Chet Baker Sextet" Music (number unknown)

Other releases

- "In Europe" Jazzland JEP 8001
- Chet Baker - Gerry Mulligan "Volume One" Jolly EPJ 2010
- Gerry Mulligan - Chet Baker "Volume One" World Pacific WP 1401
- "The more I see you" Ricordi SIR 20-035

LPs

MUSIC releases

- Chet Baker "The trumpet artistry" Music LPM 2015
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet "(same)" Music LPM 2016
- Chet Baker "And The Crew" Music LPM 2021
- VV.AA. "Ballads for backgrounds" Music LPM 2026
3 tracks by C.B.: "Polka dots and moonbeams"/"The thrill is gone"/"My old flame"
- VV.AA. "Solo flight" Music LPM 2027
- VV.AA. "Jazz West Coast, vol.3" Music LPM 2043
2 tracks by C.B.: "Love nest"/Little girl"
- Chet Baker - Bud Shank "Theme music from the James Dean story" Music LPM 2044
- Chet Baker - Art Pepper Sextet "Playboys" Music LPM 2053
- Gerry Mulligan - Chet Baker "Reunion" Music LPM 2061
- VV.AA. "The Blues - Have blues, will travel" Music LPM 2069
1 track by C.B./Art Pepper Sextet: "The route"
- VV.AA. "The hard swing" Music LPM 2081
1 track by C.B.: "Jumping off a clef"
- Chet Baker "Pretty/Groovy" Music LPM 2082
- VV.AA. "Jazz West Coast, vol.4" Music LPM 2084
2 tracks by C.B.: "Music to dance to"/"Jersey Bounce"

Other releases

- "Chet Baker with Strings" Philips B 07034 L
- "Hats Off" Ricordi MIR 23.003 (mono) (World Pacific)(1966)
- "Hats Off" Ricordi SMIR 23.003 (stereo) (World Pacific)(1966)
- "Quietly There" Ricordi SMIR 23.004 (stereo) (World Pacific)(1966)
- "Chet Baker Sings" Ricordi GIR 24.003 (Pacific Jazz)(1967)
- "Chet Baker Plays" Ricordi GIR 24.004 (Pacific Jazz)(1967)
- Gerry Mulligan - Chet Baker "Volume 1" Ricordi GIR 24.005 (Pacific Jazz)(1967)
- "Groovin'" Prestige PR 7460 (1967)
- "Comin' On" Prestige PR 7478 (1967)
- "Blood, Chet and Tears" Verve SVLM 52025 (1970)
- Gerry Mulligan "The Legendary Quartet" Vogue V 30024
- Gerry Mulligan "With Chet Baker and Buddy De Franco" GNP POP 24 (1966)
- Bud Shank "Sognando la California" Ricordi MIR 23.001 (World Pacific)(1966)

ITALIAN RECORDINGS
EPs Details

"Chetty's lullaby" b/w "So che ti perderò"
RCA PM 45-3068 (mono only release)

"Motivo su raggio di luna" b/w "Il mio domani"
RCA PM 45-3080 (mono only release)

Recording date: possibly spring 1962
Recording place: Rome, Italian RCA studios
Release date: 1962, June
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Ennio Morricone (arr, cond)
plus orchestra
Notes:
Chet Baker sing in italian language

Notes:
a Various Artists LP compilation made by Italian RCA ("Passaporto per l'Italia" RCA PML 10319, released on 1962), includes B-sides of both EPs above ("So che ti perderò"/"Il mio domani").

ITALIAN RECORDINGS
LPs Details

"Live in Europe, volume 1: Exitus"
Replica Records RR 1

"Live in Europe, volume 2: Cool Blues"
Replica Records RR 2

Recording date: 1956, January 24
Recording place: Florence, Conservatorio Cherubini (live recordings)
Release date: unknown, probably late 70s
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Jean-Louis Chautemps (ts)
- Francy Boland (p)
- Eddie De Haas (b)
- Charles Saudrais (d)

Notes:
both records were released on numbered limited editions, with number stamped on back cover
Other releases:
none
Foreign releases:
both records were released on french Musidisc Jazz Anthology series (JA 5240/JA 5246)

"Sextet & Quartet"
Music LPM 2094 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1959, September 25-26 and October 6
Recording place: Milan
Release date: March 1960
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp)
- Glauco Masetti (as)
- Gianni Basso (ts)
- Renato Sellani (p)
- Franco Cerri (b)
- Gene Victory (d)

Notes:
the original Music issue was released in Mono only
all subsequent reissues were released on fake Stereo only
Other releases:
Italian reissues:

- 1st reissue (as Joker SM 3034) (1967, stereo):
cover: front laminated, back not laminated
labels: with D.R. logo/stamp

- 2nd reissue (as Joker SM 3034) (1970, stereo)
cover: not laminated
labels: with S.I.A.E. logo/stamp and incorrect "1969" printed

- 3rd reissue (as Joker SM 3034) (1974, stereo)
cover: not laminated, with yellow-black "Joker" logo and catalogue number printed near top right corner
labels: with S.I.A.E. logo/stamp

- 4th reissue (as Up International LPUP 5116) (1977, stereo)
cover: different artwork with new picture on front; not laminated
labels: different artwork

- 5th reissue (as Joker SM 3910) (1981, stereo)
artwork very similar to 4th reissue (Up International LPUP 5116)

Foreign releases:
U.S.A.: "Chet Baker in Milan"
- Jazzland JLP 18 (mono)

- Jazzland JLP 918 (stereo)

- Original Jazz Classic OJC 370 (mono)
artwork very similar to Jazzland JLP 18 (1986)

France:
- Vogue LD 526 (mono)

"Sings and Plays"
Celson LPQ 25.005 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1959, September 28-29, October 5
Recording place: Milan
Release date: March 1960
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp)
- Mario Pezzotta (tb)
- Glauco Masetti (as)
- Gianni Basso (ts)
- Fausto Papetti (bars)
- Giulio Libano (p, cel)
- Franco Cerri (b)
- Gene Victory (d)
- Len Mercer (pseudonym of Ezio Leoni)(arr, cond)
plus strings section

The record was also released with the same cover, but vinyl with dark blue labels marked by "Jolly".

Other releases:
Italian reissues:

- 1st reissue (as Joker SM 3035) (1967, stereo):
cover: front laminated, back not laminated
labels: with D.R. logo/stamp
matrix codes on trail-offs: SM 3035 5-6-67

- 2nd reissue (as Joker SM 3035) (1970, stereo)
cover: not laminated
labels: with S.I.A.E. logo/stamp
matrix codes on trail-offs: SM 3035 5-6-67

Foreign releases:
U.S.A.
"Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings"
- Jazzland JLP 21 (mono)

- Jazzland JLP 921 (stereo)

"With Len Mercer & His Orchestra"
- UpFront UPF 176

"Angel Eyes"
- Scepter SPS 540 (stereo)

U.K.
"Angel Eyes"
- DJM DJSLM 2016

"Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti" (Soundtrack)
(a.k.a. "Fiasco in Milan")

Recording date: 1959, September-October
Recording place: Rome, Italian RCA studios
Release date: unreleased
Personnel (source: "Musica Jazz" magazine 2/1960):
- Chet Baker (tp)
- Nino Culasso (tp)
- Bill Gilmore (tb)
- Mario Midana (tb)
- Livio Cerveglieri (as)
- Ivan Vandor (ts)
- Gino Marinacci (bars)
- Roberto Pregadio (p)
- Berto Pisano (b)
- Jimmy Pratt (d)

Tracks:
- I Soliti Ignoti
- Relaxin' with Chet
- Tensione
- Sentirsi solo
- Lyda
Notes:
the movie was released in Italy on december 1959
Vinyl releases:
possibly all 5 tracks from the original movie released on Liuto LRS 0063 on 1990

"Urlatori alla sbarra" (Soundtrack)
(a.k.a. "Howlers of the dock")
(the movie was named again in 1962 as "Metti, Celentano e Mina...")

Recording date: 1959, September-October
Recording place: Rome, Italian RCA studios
Release date: unreleased
Personnel:
- Piero Umiliani (arr, cond)
- Chet Baker (tp)
- Marcello Boschi (as)
- Livio Cerveglieri (ts)
- Gino Marinacci (bars)
- (possibly) Bill Gilmore (tb)
- (possibly) Franco Chiari (vib)
- Piero Umiliani (p)
- Enzo Grillini (g)
- Berto Pisano (b)
- Jimmy Pratt -or- Ralf Ferraro (d)

Notes:
the movie was released in Italy on march 1960
Chet Baker as actor; also performs the track "Arrivederci"
Vinyl releases:
unreleased

"I piaceri del sabato notte" (Soundtrack)
(a.k.a. "Pleasures of Saturday Night")
(a.k.a. "Arabel 252104")
(a.k.a. "Call-girls" Germany title)
(a.k.a. "Call girls of Rome" UK title)

Recording date: possibly early 1960
Release date: unreleased
Recording place: possibly Rome, Italian RCA studios
Personnel:
- Armando Trovajoli (arr, cond)
- Chet Baker (tp)
(source: "Musica Jazz" magazine 7/1960)

Notes:
the movie was released in Italy on may 1960
Vinyl releases:
unreleased

"Chet Is Back!"
RCA LPM 10307 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1962, January 5
Recording place: Rome, Italian RCA studios
Release date: March 1962
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp)
- Bobby Jaspar (ts, fl)
- René Thomas (g)
- Amedeo Tommasi (p)
- Benoit Quersin (b)
- Daniel Humair (d)

Vinyl releases:
the record was released at the same time with two different artworks: triple gatefold cover and single cover (this one has an inner sleeve that presents pictures from the triple gatefold cover)
Both releases have same catalogue number and same vinyl (equal matrix codes on trail-offs)

Italian reissues:
- "Il Grande Chet Baker" VIK KVLP 171 (mono) (1965)

Foreign releases:
Germany
- RCA LPM 9922 (possibly coeval of the Italian issue)

- RCA International CL 31649 (released circa 1980)

France
- RCA PM 31256 (released on 1980)

"Smog" (Soundtrack)
RCA PML 10320 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1962, May
Recording place: Rome, Italian RCA studios
Release date: 1962
Personnel:
- Piero Umiliani (arr, cond)
- Chet Baker (tp)
- Helen Merrill (vcl)
- Nino Culasso (tp)
- Beppe Curraro (tp)
- Baldo Panfili (tp)
- Nini Rosso (tp)
- Enzo Forte (tb)
- Ennio Gabbi (tb)
- Mario Midana (tb)
- Bill Gilmore (vtb)
- Marcello Boschi (as)
- Baldo Maestri (as)
- Marcello Cianfanelli (ts)
- Ivan Vandor (ts)
- Gino Marinacci (bars)
- Franco Chiari (vib)
- Piero Umiliani (p, arr)
- Enzo Grillini (g)
- Beppe Carta (b)
- Roberto Zappulla (d)
plus string section

Track listing:
1. Smog (4:19)
2. Neapolitan Phantasy (3:57)
3. Dawn (4:08)
4. Hollywood tonight (2:45)
5. California in the summer (2:51)
6. Thinkin' blues (4:30)
7. Smog (2:54)
8. Tension (3:17)
9. Tops (2:29)
10. Alone in a crowd (4:58)
11. Bowling (2:15)
12. Twilight at Los Angeles (3:26)

Other releases:
none
Italian reissues:
- Studio Uno STN 1008 (2000)

"Intrigo a Los Angeles" (Soundtrack)
CAM Cms 30-104 (mono only release)

Recording date: possibly spring 1962
Recording place: Rome
Release date: 1964, June
Personnel:
- Piero Umiliani (arr, cond)
- Chet Baker (tp)
- Nino Culasso (tp)
- Mario Midana (tb)
- Bill Gilmore (vtb)
- Livio Cerveglieri (as)
- Ivan Vandor (ts)
- Gino Marinacci (bars)
- Robert Pregadio (p)
- Berto Pisano (b)
- Jimmy Pratt (d)

Track listing:
1. Idillio giallorosa (01:15)
2. Minorenne cercasi (01:54)
3. Movimento con swing (04:12)
4. Tipi sospetti (05:28)
5. Motel (01:38)
6. Spogliarello da circo (04:15)
7. Jazz bar (03:21)
8. Pedinamento (01:38)
9. Agguato (03:19)
10. Nel labirinto (01:36)
11. Ritmo neutronico (01:34)
12. Contagio atomico (01:40)
13. Messaggio elettronico (02:40)
14. Fissione nucleare (01:50)
15. Comunicazione spaziale (00:54)

Other releases:
none
Italian reissues:
none

OTHER SOUNDTRACKS RECORDINGS

"Chet Baker Italian Movies - Music of Piero Umiliani"
Liuto LRS 0063

Released in Italy on 1990.
Liuto was Piero Umiliani own's label company.
Seems it contains all tracks from movie "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti", and a selection of tracks from movie "Smog", with two longer or alternate tracks.
Chet Baker plays on all tracks.
Tracks:
Side 1:
- Twilight At Los Angeles
(6:06 - from movie "Smog", longer or alternate version)
- Thinkin' Blues
(4:30 - from movie "Smog")
- Tension
(3:29 - on liner notes credited to movie "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti", originally titled "Tensione"; needs confirm if is the same track from movie "Smog" titled "Tension")
- Alone in a crowd
(4:50 - on liner notes credited to movie "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti", originally titled "Sentirsi solo"; needs confirm if is the same track from movie "Smog" titled "Alone in a crowd")
Side 2:
- Smog
(5:43 - from movie "Smog", longer or alternate version)
- Relaxing With Chet
(5:19 - from movie "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti")
- I soliti ignoti
(4:06 - from movie "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti")
- Tema D'Amore
(2:22 - needs confirm if is the track from movie "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti" titled "Lyda")

"I soliti ignoti"
RCA EPA 30-284 (extended play, mono only release)
Wrongly listed on several Chet Baker discographies.
Chet's participation on these recordings has no foundation.

Recording date: june 21-22-23, 1958
Recording place: Rome
Release date: late 1958
Movie release date: july 26, 1958
Personnel:
- Piero Umiliani (arr, cond)
- Gino Marinacci (bs)
- Berto Pisano (b)
- others unknown
Tracks:
- Blues for Gassman (part 1)
- Blues for Gassman (part 2)
- Tema d'amore
- Finale

Chet Baker involvement on the following italian soundtracks needs confirm:

"Il vedovo"
(unreleased)
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Movie release date: november 11, 1959
One or more tracks released on CAM CAMJ 7751-2 "Jazz in the movies - Cinecittà" compact disc, published on janaury 2002
On liner notes, trumpet solos credited to Chet Baker and Oscar Valdambrini

"Una vita violenta"
CAM Cms 30-041
Music by Piero Piccioni
Movie release date: march 29, 1962

"Totò di notte n.1"
CAM Cms 30-047
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Movie release date: october 25, 1962

"Un tentativo sentimentale"
CAM Cms 30-064
Music by Piero Piccioni
Movie release date: october 4, 1963

NOT-ITALIAN RECORDINGS
EPs Details

"Sings, Volume 1"
Music EPM 20003 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1954, February 15
Release date: 1955/1956
Recording place: Los Angeles
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Russ Freeman (p)
- Carson Smith (b)
- Bob Neal (d)
Tracks:
side 1: My funny Valentine/I fall in love too easily
side 2: The thrill is gone/Look for the silver lining

"Sings, Volume 2"
Music EPM 20004 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1954, February 15
Release date: 1955/1956
Recording place: Los Angeles
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Russ Freeman (p)
- Carson Smith (b)
- Bob Neal (d)
Tracks:
side 1: But not for me/Time after time
side 2: There will never be another you/I get along without you very well

"Sings and Plays, Volume 1"
Music EPM 20005 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1955, February 28-March 7
Release date: 1955/1956
Recording place: Los Angeles
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Russ Freeman (p)
- Carson Smith -or- Red Mitchell (b)
- Bob Neal (d)
- Bud Shank (fl) - Corky Hale (harp) Tracks:
side 1: This is always/Let's get lost
side 2: Someone to watch over me/I remember you

"Sings and Plays, Volume 2"
Music EPM 20006 (mono only release)
Recording date: 1955, February 28-March 7
Release date: 1955/1956
Recording place: Los Angeles
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Russ Freeman (p)
- Carson Smith -or- Red Mitchell (b)
- Bob Neal (d)
- Bud Shank (fl) - Corky Hale (harp) Tracks:
side 1: I wish I knew/Daybreak
side 2: Grey December/Just friends

"At Tiffany Club"
Music EPM 20016 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1954, August 10
Release date: spring 1958
Recording place: Los Angeles
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Russ Freeman (p)
- Carson Smith (b)
- Bob Neal (d)
Tracks:
side 1: My little suede shoes (live recording)
side 2: My old flame (live recording)

"At Tiffany Club, Volume 2"
Music EPM 20017 (mono only release)
Recording date: 1954, August 10
Release date: spring 1958
Recording place: Los Angeles
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Russ Freeman (p)
- Carson Smith (b)
- Bob Neal (d)
Tracks:
side 1: Line for lions (live recording)
side 2: Everything happens to me (live recording)

Gerry Mulligan
Quartet featuring Chet Baker, Vol.4
Music EPM 20031

Side 1: Frenesi/Freeway
Side 2: Soft Shoe/Aren't you glad you are you

"The Chet Baker Ensemble"
Music EPM 20035 (mono only release)

Recording date: 1953, December 14-22
Release date: 1957
Recording place: Los Angeles
Personnel:
- Chet Baker (tp, vcl)
- Herb Geller (as, ts)
- Jack Montrose (ts)
- Bob Gordon (bar)
- Russ Freeman (p)
- Joe Mondragon (b)
- Shelly Manne (d)
Tracks:
side 1: Bockanal/Ergo
side 2: Moonlight becomes you/Head line

The Chet Baker Sextet "(EP title unknown)"
Music (number unknown)
Tracks:
side 1: Stella by starlight/I’m glad there is you
side 2: Tommyhawk/Dot’s groovy

"In Europe"
Jazzland JEP 8001 (mono only release)