Let's Get Lost

by Chet Baker

Overview

First and foremost: this is not the music from the Bruce Weber documentary about Chet Baker called Let's Get Lost. Instead, this is music "inspired by the film." In other words, for those unsuspecting, this is music that is simply a rip-off. The music here could not be inspired by the film, since the music on this collection existed 40-plus years before the movie was ever made. There is no truth in advertising when it comes to record companies looking to make a fast buck on their catalog. Some of the songs from the film were originally issued in other incarnations -- nearly all of them in fact. That said, the junkie wash-out Chet Baker was at the end of his sorry life was not the same spry, good-looking Oklahoman youngster who made his mark in Los Angeles, either. These tunes were recorded for Bluebird and RCA Victor affiliated labels. They were cut in the '50s with Baker either as a leader or a sideman in the company of some true jazz greats like drummer Chico Hamilton, Gerry Mulligan, Kenny Drew, George Morrow, Zoot Sims, Shelly Manne, Paul Chambers, and others. There isn't anything wrong with the music here, but its contexts are so jumbled, the assemblage is just willy-nilly, and the masters aren't even good ones -- if these tracks were taken from tape at all. Avoid, avoid, avoid. There are so many excellent Baker collections out there, this is a poor place to start. The Pacific Jazz sides are better and readily available. The other reason to pass on these tunes is, if you are truly taken with the later junked out sound of Baker barely playing his horn and warbling, find the movie soundtrack. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	10/22/2014
Label:	Imports
UPC:	4547366222432

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chet Baker   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet
Carson Smith   Primary Artist
Bob Neel   Primary Artist
Joe Mondragon   Primary Artist
Gerry Mulligan Quartet   Primary Artist
Russ Freeman   Primary Artist
Paul Chambers   Primary Artist
Jimmy Bond   Primary Artist
George Morrow   Primary Artist
Johnny Mandel Orchestra   Primary Artist
Philly Joe   Primary Artist
Kenny Drew   Primary Artist
Al Haig   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Leo Robin   Composer
Philly Joe Jones   Performer
Shelly Manne   Performer
Chet Baker   Instrumentation
Carson Smith   Performer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
Joe Mondragon   Performer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Lew Brown   Composer
John Klenner   Composer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Newell Chase   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Gerry Mulligan   Performer
Al Haig   Performer
Tom Adair   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Ferde Grofe   Composer
Zoot Sims & His Five Brothers   Performer
Chico Hamilton   Performer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Charlie Daniels   Composer
Russ Freeman   Performer
Richard Rodgers   Composer