Listening to Chet's In Memory Of and had forgotten how cooking Chet was for that concert, the last one before he died. He was just all over the place,...
Larry B Whitford
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Mar 6, 2007 3:38 pm
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Excuse me for behaving like a knowitall - after this 'last concert', Chet had three gigs and a jamsession to go. Just as the photo someone sent lately was not...
Starbucks has discovered Chet Baker. I just saw a compilation CD of his music there being sold there under the name "Too Cool" It brought a smile to my face to...
... The image of Chet that they are using on the header card was taken by my late friend, Ray Avery, and licensed through the professional management firm that...
I know ... Don't you just love it! Even here in Oklahoma, some unenlightened individuals don't know who Chet is. This is a great way to let them know! Kathe...
One thing is a real life on earch ... another how far peoble will go to sell Chet as a easy-living- product ... maybee thet dont know better ... but its a...
I know this italian concert was not his last... I just never saw later pictures! (and I was the only photographer present that night) I saw on a ducht TV...
There are various photos from later concerts in the book Chet Baker In Europe (Nieswand Verlag), including a series from the Thelonious gig, his last official...
Just forgot 'Sur les traces bleues the Chet Baker' - a Swiss docu (1989/1990) I was involved in. We'll better forget that one. Among the ones who photographed...
Back in 1985 Chet Baker sat in with the Fred Raulston Quartet on a gig in a jazz club in Dallas. From that session came 4 lps and 3 cds. Martha Burks was the...
Larry B Whitford
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Mar 8, 2007 6:56 pm
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Raulston mailed to this group if I remember it clearly, a couple of years ago. About a.o. how the producer kept bothering Chet to go on and on in the studio...
on www.marthaburks.com there is a list of her "notable recordings" - doesn't say anything about availability though here it is: Notable Recordings: Jay...
Hi all I been out of touch for a while with work I have just added the rare CB and StanGetz Concert footage to the CB site.I have also update all my sites ...
Hi all there, I remember you, Have been too busy for work to connect in analogical way through the phone line. Now done a flat adsl connection, so I'm able to...
I have now tried 3 times to read Jim Gavin's book and have finally admitted defeat. I cannot do it - my mind won't let me. I cannot believe that someone...
Larry B Whitford
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Mar 13, 2007 2:53 pm
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Congratulations with these three reading attempts, Bert - at least now you can say you did try. For me it was not hard to get through it, I read it I believe...
Hello and welcome back James, long time, don't know if you remember me.. The list has gotten more quietly in the past years (I read more than write myself),...
I decided never to spill my energy on this book years ago, but nevertheless I can't resist stating that - I never met an interviewee who's quoted correctly...
I remember you very well, Bix if I'm not mistaken. You know, the elective affinities. Few days and I'll be able to take bearings. Thanks for the info. James ...
It is gratifying to get messages from Chet fans that they realize what a piece of trash the book is. The only way I could keep up with what time period he was...
Larry B Whitford
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Mar 13, 2007 10:03 pm
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Good to hear from you, Alex. I haven't had much time to spend on such things lately due to our ten hours a day job of child care for our grandaughter. It is ...
Larry B Whitford
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Mar 15, 2007 5:18 pm
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Yes Bert, nice to see the list working again, be it not like in the "good old days" a few years ago. Maybe that will take some newbies with brand new passion....
Anybody in the group who would like to trade some Chet-bootlegs? Have a nice list myself! Please answar off-list! finn in denmark ... From: alexandra de vos ...
Two tapes of Chet Baker that I particularily enjoy are quartet sessions. For lack of better names they are Chet Baker In Stockholm June 1983 and Chet Baker In...
Larry B Whitford
bertw@...
Mar 21, 2007 12:58 pm
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Agree with you. James ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's...
Great song written by Marilyn Harris, recorded with Bob Dorough, on her cd "Round Trip" for Wrightwood Records, called "Cool". Wonderful line about Chet, and...
The complete Tokyo concert is a commercial DVD ... you can buy it in a record-store or on the net. finn in denmark ... From: marcelo christovĂŁo To:...
