This is a really fine recording. The sound quality is EXCELLENT and it is a varied program ranging from uptempo rendition of Summertime to the moody ballads Chet is most known for. So dont let the bargin basement price fool you, this is 5 star stuff!

This is actually an LP that has been reissued, so it's 8 tracks all from the same date - NOT a collection of "the best of" tunes from various dates in Paris, which makes for a very cohesive listening! It's pure trumpet, no vocal. "Summertime" is amazing! So are some of the ballads. Get this from Amazon.co.uk instead! It's available there! Not many chet albums are as cool and relaxed as this..."Chet with Strings" is my favorite though! And "Chet", and "Plays Learner and Loewe" I also like!

If I had to pick two albums that showcases Chet's prowess on his horn, it would be this one and

. This album was recorded about three years after the one with Bird, on October 24,1955 at the Pathé-Magellan studio in Paris. A long way from the fiery 1952 jam session in Inglewood, CA both geographically and musically.

One major reason I love this album, aside from Chet's incredible tone and effortless playing, is the choice of musicians who backed him on this session. Gérard Gustin on piano, Jimmy Bond on bass and Bert Dahlander on drums were perfect - in my opinion - for backing this horn because they gave him a solid foundation to float over.

Of the tracks I loved Summertime the best, but Tenderly also grabbed me. Chet had a knack for getting inside your soul with his music, and for various reasons he accomplishes this on every track.

If you want Baker at his lyrical, dreamy best, this is the album to get.

Great re-release of this awesome Chet Baker recording. All instrumental, that easy soft jazz - none of the improvisation style, sometimes excesive.

Finally we have a CD by Baker without any of his lousy singing. Most of Chet's CD are marred by his terrible singing at the expense of his excellent trumpet-playing. This one is different, thus the 5 stars which his trumpet-playing justly deserves.