Chet Baker Discography - session index

1952 (The age of 23)

• Chet Baker All Stars  Trade Winds Club, Inglewood, CA, Mar. 24, 1952
• Harry Babasin All Stars  Trade Winds Club, Inglewood, CA, June 16, 1952
• Gerry Mulligan 4  Phil Turetsky's House, LA, July 9, 1952
• Al Haig 8  Trade Winds Club, Inglewood, CA, Aug. 4, 1952
• Gerry Mulligan 4  Phil Turetsky's House, LA, Aug. 16, 1952
• Gerry Mulligan 4  prob. The Blackhawk, SF, Sep. 2, 1952
• Gerry Mulligan 4  Gold Star Studios, LA, Oct. 15 & 16, 1952

1953

• Gerry Mulligan 4  The Haig, Hollywood, CA, early Jan., 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Jan. 3, 1953
• Lee Konitz w/ Gerry Mulligan 4  The Haig, Hollywood, CA, Jan. 23, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 10  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Jan. 29, 1953
• Lee Konitz w/ Gerry Mulligan 4  LA, Jan. 30, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 10  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Jan. 31, 1953
• Lee Konitz w/ Gerry Mulligan 4  Phil Turetsky's House, LA, Feb. 1, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4  Gold Star Studios, LA, Feb. 24, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Apr. 27, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Apr. 29 & 30, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4  LA, May 7, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4  The Haig, Hollywood, CA, May 20, 1953
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 4  The Haig, Hollywood, CA, June 12, 1953
• Chet Baker 4  LA, July 24, 1953
• Chet Baker 4  LA, July 27, 1953
• Chet Baker 4  LA, July 29 & 30, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, Sep. 13, 1953
• Chet Baker 4 feat. Russ Freeman  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Oct. 3, 1953
• Chet Baker 4 feat. Russ Freeman  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Oct. 27, 1953
• Chet Baker 4 feat. Russ Freeman + Joe Pass  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Oct. 27, 1953, 1962
• Chet Baker 4 w/ Charlie Parker  University Of Oregon, OR, Nov. 5, 1953
• Chet Baker Ensemble  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Dec. 14, 1953
• Chet Baker Ensemble  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Dec. 22, 1953
• Chet Baker 5 w/ Strings  LA, Dec. 30, 1953
• Chet Baker 5 w/ Strings  LA, Dec. 31, 1953

1954 (The age of 25)

• Chet Baker 4  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Feb. 15, 1954
• Chet Baker 4 + Bill Perkins/Jimmy Giuffre  same location, date
• Chet Baker 4 + Joe Pass  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Feb. 15, 1954, 1962
• Chet Baker 5 w/ Strings  LA, Feb. 20, 1954
• Chet Baker 4  University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 9, 1954
• Chet Baker 4  Santa Cruz, CA, July 21, 1954
• Chet Baker 4  Tiffany Club, LA, Aug. 10 & 15, 1954
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 5  Tiffany Club without audience, LA, Aug. 17, 1954
• Chet Baker 6  LA, Sep. 9, 1954
• Chet Baker 6  LA, Sep. 15, 1954
• Chet Baker 5  broadcast, Tonight Show, NYC, Dec., 1954

1955

• Chet Baker 5 w/ Strings  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Feb. 28, 1955
• Chet Baker 5 w/ Strings + Joe Pass?  Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, LA, Feb. 28, 1955, 1962
• Chet Baker 4  LA, Mar. 7, 1955
• Chet Baker 4  broadcast, Tonight Show, NYC, Mar., 1955
• Chet Baker 4  broadcast, Tonight Show, Carnagie Hall, NYC, May 12, 1955
• Chet Baker 4 Plus  Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, July 16, 1955
• Chet Baker w/ The Dave Brubeck 4  same location, date
• Chet Baker 4  Birdland, NYC, Aug. 7, 1955
• Chet Baker 4  Mainz, West Germany, Sep. 21, 1955
• Chet Baker 4  Paris, France, Oct. 11, 1955
• Chet Baker 4  Paris, France, Oct. 14, 1955
• Lars Gullin 5  Stuttgart, West Germany, Oct. 15, 1955
• Chet Baker 4  Paris, France, Oct. 24, 1955
• Chet Baker 8  Paris, France, Oct. 25, 1955
• Chet Baker 4  Paris, France, Nov. 28, 1955
• Claus Ogerman 8  Baden-Baden, West Germany, Dec. 6, 1955
• Chet Baker 5  Odd Fellow Palaeet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 11, 1955
• Chet Baker 5  Paris, France, Dec. 26, 1955

1956

• Chet Baker 5  Conservatorio Cherubini, Florence, Italy, Jan. 24, 1956
• Chet Baker 5  Paris, France, Feb. 10, 1956
• Chet Baker 8  Paris, France, Mar. 15, 1956
• Chet Baker Band  Baden-Baden, West Germany, Mar. 26, 1956
• Chet Baker 4  Forum Theatre, LA, July 23, 1956
• Chet Baker 4 + Joe Pass  Forum Theatre, LA, July 23, 1956, 1962
• Chet Baker 5  Forum Theatre, LA, July 24, 1956
• Chet Baker - Art Pepper 6  Forum Theatre, LA, July 26, 1956
• Chet Baker 4  Forum Theatre, LA, July 30, 1956
• Chet Baker 4 + Joe Pass  Forum Theatre, LA, July 30, 1956, 1962
• Chet Baker 6  Forum Theatre, LA, July 31, 1956
• Chet Baker 5  broadcast, Tonight Show, NYC, Sep. 5, 1956
• Chet Baker Big Band  LA, Oct. 18, 1956
• Chet Baker Big Band  LA, Oct. 19, 1956
• Chet Baker Big Band  LA, Oct. 26, 1956
• Chet Baker - Art Pepper 6  LA, Oct. 31, 1956
• Russ Freeman - Chet Baker 4  LA, Nov. 6, 1956
• Chet Baker - Bud Shank Orch.  LA, Nov. 8, 1956
• Chet Baker 5  TVB, Tonight Show, LA, late 1956

1957

• Jack Sheldon Exciting All Star Big Band  LA, Aug., 1957
• Gerry Mulligan 4  NYC, Dec. 3, 11 & 17, 1957
• Chet Baker 7  NYC, Dec. 9, 1957
• Chet Baker 3  same location, date

1958

• Annie Ross w/ Gerry Mulligan 4  LA, Feb. 11 & 17, 1958
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 5  Robert Jordan & Associates Recorders, Chicago, IL, Feb. 16, 1958
• Chet Baker 4  NYC, Aug., 1958
• Chet Baker 4  NYC, Sep., 1958
• Johnny Pace w/ Chet Baker 5  NYC, Dec. 23, 1958
• Johnny Pace w/ Chet Baker 5  NYC, Dec. 29, 1958
• Chet Baker 7  NYC, Dec. 30, 1958
• Johnny Pace w/ Chet Baker 5  same location, date
• Chet Baker w/ Piero Umiliani 8 (Soundtrack From "Urilatorialla Sbarra")  Rome, Italy, 1958

1959 (The age of 30)

• Chet Baker 7  NYC, Jan. 19, 1959
• Chet Baker 7  NYC, July 21, 1959
• Chet Baker 7  NYC, July 22, 1959
• Chet Baker 6  Milan, Italy, Sep. 25, 1959
• Chet Baker 6  Milan, Italy, Sep. 26, 1959
• Chet Baker 8 w/ Strings  Milan, Italy, Sep. 28, 1959
• Chet Baker 8 w/ Strings  Milan, Italy, Sep. 29, 1959
• Chet Baker 8 w/ Strings  Milan, Italy, Oct. 5, 1959
• Chet Baker 6  Milan, Italy, Oct. 6, 1959

1960

• Chet Baker w/ The Orch. Radio Baden-Baden  Paris, France, Oct. 12, 1960
• Chet Baker w/ Piero Umiliani 9  Rome, Italy, c. 1960

1961

• Chet Baker w/ Piero Umiliani 8 (Soundtrack From "Big Deal On Madonna Street")  Rome, Italy, 1961

1962

• Chet Baker 6  Rome, Italy, Jan. 5, 1962
• Chet Baker w/ Piero Umiliani Orch. (Soundtrack From "Smog")  Rome, Italy, May, 1962

1963

• Chet Baker 4  Paris, France, June 9, 1963

1964 (The age of 35)

• Chet Baker 5  NYC, June, 1964
• Chet Baker 6  NYC, Nov. 14, 1964
• Chet Baker 3  same location, date
• Chet Baker 4  NYC, Nov. 20, 1964
• Chet Baker 3  same location, date
• Chet Baker 5  Rome, Italy, 1964

1965

• Chet Baker 10  NYC, May or June, 1965
• Chet Baker 5  NYC, Aug. 23, 25 & 29, 1965
• Joe Pass w/ Bob Florence Orch.  LA, prob. late 1965
• The Mariachi Brass feat. Chet Baker  LA, Dec., 1965

1966

• The Mariachi Brass feat. Chet Baker  LA, Apr., 1966
• Chet Baker & The Carmel Strings  LA, June, 1966
• The Mariachi Brass feat. Chet Baker  same location, date
• Chet Baker - Phil Urso 5  Pueblo, CO, sum. 1966
• Bud Shank Band  LA, Aug., 1966
• Bud Shank w/ Bob Florence Orch.  LA, Sep. 28, 1966
• Bud Shank Band  LA, Sep., 1966
• Bud Shank w/ Bob Florence Orch.  LA, Oct., 1966
• Chet Baker & The Carmel Strings  same location, date
• The Mariachi Brass feat. Chet Baker  LA, late 1966

1967

• Bud Shank 8  LA, Nov. 3 & 8, 1967

1969 (The age of 40)

• Chet Baker 5  LA, 1969

1970

• Chet Baker w/ Jerry Styner Orch.  Sunwest Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, July 6, 1970

1974 (The age of 45)

• Lee Konitz - Chet Baker - Keith Jarrett 5  NYC, Apr. 14, 1974
• Lee Konitz - Chet Baker 4  Ornette's Club, Woodstock, NY, Apr., 1974
• Chet Baker 9 w/ Don Sebesky Orch.  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 17, Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 1974
• Gerry Mulligan - Chet Baker 8  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Nov. 24, 1974

1975

• Jim Hall 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 16, 1975
• Jim Hall 6  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 23, 1975
• Chet Baker 4  Fest. Di Pescara, Pescara, Italy, July 14, 1975
• Chet Baker 3  Nice, France, July 20, 1975
• Chet Baker 5  Nice, France, July 24, 1975

1976

• Chet Baker 4  Rome, Italy, 1976

1977

• Chet Baker w/ Strings  NYC, Feb. 16, 21 & 22, May 13, 1977
• Chet Baker 5  NYC, Feb. 20, 1977
• Chet Baker 8  NYC, Feb., May, 1977
• Chet Baker 6  same location, date
• Chet Baker 6  Milan, Italy, Mar., 1977
• Astrud Gilberto  NYC, 1977

1978

• Chet Baker 4  Centre Culturel, Chateauvallon, France, Nov. 10, 1978
• Chet Baker 4  Nick's Jazz Cafe, Laren, Holland, Nov. 30, 1978
• Chet Baker 4  Paris, France, Dec. 28, 1978
• Chet Baker 4  Le Chateau, Herouville, France, Dec. 29, 1978

1979 (The age of 50)

• Chet Baker - Wolfgang Lackerschmid 2  Stuttgart, West Germany, Jan. 8 & 9, 1979
• Chet Baker 6 w/ Strings  Paris, France, Mar. 8 & 9, 1979
• Chet Baker 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, June 21, 1979
• Chet Baker 5  London, England, Sep. 4 & 5, 1979
• Rachel Gould w/ Chet Baker 5  London, England, Sep. 5, 1979
• Chet Baker 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 2, 1979
• Chet Baker 3  Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 4, 1979
• Chet Baker - Wolfgang Lackerschmid 5  Stuttgart, West Germany, Nov., 1979
• Chet Baker - Enrico Pieranunzi 5  Rome, Italy, Dec. 4, 1979, Jan. 4, 1980

1980

• Chet Baker 4  Backstreet Club, New Haven, CT, Feb. 19, 1980
• Chet Baker - Steve Houben 6  Brussels, Belgium, Feb., 1980
• Chet Baker 4  Subway Club, Koln, West Germany, Mar. 22, 1980
• Chet Baker 4  Munchen, West Germany, Apr., 1980
• Ron Carter 7  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 19 & 20, 1980
• Chet Baker 5  Le Drecher, Paris, France, June 25, 1980
• Chet Baker 5  Le Drecher, Paris, France, June 27, 1980
• Chet Baker w/ Novos Tempos 4  Paris, France, July 21-23, 1980

1981

• Chet Baker 4/5  Fat Tuesday's, NYC, Apr. 28, 1981
• Chet Baker 5  same location, date
• Chet Baker 6  Salt Peanuts Club, Koln, West Germany, May 21 & 23, 1981
• Chet Baker 5  Salt Peanuts Club, Koln, West Germany, May 25, 1981
• Chet Baker 4  Theatre De La Ville, Paris France, Nov. 3, 1981
• Michel Graillier  Paris, France, Nov. 13, 1981

1982

• Chet Baker 4  NYC, Feb. 23, 1982
• Chet Baker - Hubert Laws 7  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar., Apr., 1982
• Chet Baker - Jim Hall - Hubert Laws 7  same location, date
• Roland Hanna 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June, July, 1982
• Chet Baker 6  Nine Of Cups, Tulsa, OK, Dec. 24, 1982

1983

• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 5  Montmartre Club, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 15, 1983
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 5  Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 18, 1983
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 5  Baerum, Norway, Feb. 19, 1983
• Michel Graillier - Chet Baker 2  Angouleme, France, Mar. 5, 1983
• Kirk Lightsey 3 w/ Chet Baker  Monster, Holland, Mar. 14, 1983
• Chet Baker 4  Monster, Holland, May 25, 1983
• Elvis Costello  London, England, sum. 1983
• Chet Baker 4  Club 7 & Hot House, Oslo, Norway, Aug. 15, 1983
• Chet Baker 4  Club 7 & Hot House, Oslo, Norway, Aug. 30, 1983
• Chet Baker w/ Ake Johansson 3  Nefertiti, Goteborg, Sweden, Sep. 29, 1983
• Chet Baker 3  Igloo, Brussels, Belgium, Sep., 1983
• Chet Baker 6  Milan, Italy, Oct., 1983
• Chet Baker 3  New Morning Club, Paris, France, Nov. 24, 1983
• Chet Baker 3  Jazz Club Kawe, Lauwe, Belgium, Nov. 25, 1983
• Chet Baker 3  George's Jazz Cafe, Arnhem, Holland, Nov. 28, 1983

1984 (The age of 55)

• Chet Baker 4 w/ Orch.  Paris, France, middle Sep., 1984
• Chet Baker 5  same location, date
• Chet Baker - Warne Marsh 5  Monster, Holland, Sep. 30, Oct. 1, 1984
• Chet Baker 5  Renaissance II, Buffalo, NY, Nov. 11, 1984
• Jean-Jacques Goldman  Brazil, 1984 or 1985
• Rique Pantoja 5 w/ Chet Baker  Rome, Italy or Rio De Janeiro, Brazil or Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1984 or 1985 or 1987

1985

• Fred Raulston 4 feat. Martha Burks & Chet Baker  Dallas, TX, Jan. 13, 1985
• Fred Raulston 4 feat. Martha Burks & Chet Baker  Dallas, TX, Jan. 13 & 14, 1985
• Chet Baker - Paul Bley 2  Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 28, 1985
• Chet Baker 3  Bologna, Italy, Apr., 1985
• Chet Baker 3  Monster, Holland, June 6 & 25, 1985
• Chet Baker 3  7th Jazz Fest., Munster, West Germany, June 21, 1985
• Chet Baker 3  Stockholm, Sweden, June 30, 1985
• Herbie Hancock - Dexter Gordon Band  Paris, France, July 1-12, 1985
• Chet Baker w/ Orch. Filarmonica Marchigiana  Port Recanati, Italy, July 8, 1985
• Chet Baker w/ Lizzy Mercier Descloux Orch.  Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July-Aug., 1985
• Chet Baker 4  Locorotondo, Italy, Sep., 1985
• Chet Baker 4  Monster, Holland, Oct. 2 & 8, 1985
• Chet Baker 3  Moonlight Club, Mancerta, Italy, Nov. 24, 1985
• Joe LoCascio 5 w/ Chet Baker  Houston, TX, 1985

1986

• Chet Baker w/ Christopher Mason 4  NO, Jan. 7, 1986
• Chet Baker 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 23, 1986
• Van Morrison w/ Chet Baker 3  Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, Nov. 24, 1986
• Chet Baker 4  Monster, Holland, Dec. 17-19, 1986

1987

• Chet Baker 4  Hollywood, CA & Paris, France, Jan.-May, 1987
• Chet Baker 5  Shalimar Club, Senigallia, Italy, May 22, 1987
• Chet Baker 4  Shalimar Club, Senigallia, Italy, May 23, 1987
• Chet Baker 4  Hitomi Kinen Kodo, Tokyo, Japan, June 14, 1987
• Chet Baker 5  Modena, Italy, July 20, 1987
• Chet Baker 4  Clnema Margherita, Tarcento, Italy, Aug. 10, 1987
• Charlie Haden 4  Rome, Italy, Nov. 11 & 12, 1987
• Chet Baker w/ The NDR Big Band  Audimax, Hamburg, West Germany, Nov. 14, 1987
• Chet Baker w/ The Space Jazz 3  Corto Maltese, Ostia, Italy, Nov., 1987

1988

• Jan Erik Vold  Paris, France, Feb. 17 & 18, 1988
• Chet Baker - Enrico Pieranunzi 2  Recanati, Italy, Feb. 28 & 29, 1988
• Chet Baker - Enrico Pieranunzi 2  Recanati, Italy, Feb. 29, 1988
• Chet Baker w/ The Space Jazz 3  Recanati, Italy, Mar. 1 & 2, 1988
• Archie Shepp 4 w/ Chet Baker  21st German Jazzfestival, Kongresshalle, Frankfurt Am Main, West Germany, Mar. 13, 1988
• Archie Shepp 4 w/ Chet Baker  live in Paris, France, Mar. 14, 1988
• Chet Baker 4  Rosenheim, West Germany, Apr. 17, 1988
• Chet Baker w/ The NDR Big Band  Funkhaus, Hanover, West Germany, Apr. 28, 1988
• Chet Baker w/ The Radio Symphony Hannover  same location, date
• Chet Baker w/ Walter Norris 4  same location, date

Others

• The Legacy, Vol. 4  1978
• The Legacy, Vol. 3  1978, late 1979, 1987
• The Legacy, Vol. 2  Cafe Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 28, 1985
• The Legacy, Vol. 5  Chicago, IL, 1986