Chet Baker Discography - session index

1952 (age 23)

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

1953

• Gerry Mulligan 4   The Haig, Hollywood, CA, prob. early Jan., 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4   Radio Recorders, LA, Jan. 3, 1953
• Lee Konitz with Gerry Mulligan 4   The Haig, Hollywood, CA, Jan. 23, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 10   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Jan. 29, 1953
• Lee Konitz with Gerry Mulligan 4   LA, Jan. 30, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 10   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Jan. 31, 1953
• Lee Konitz with 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, LA, Apr. 27, 1953
• Gerry Mulligan 4   Radio Recorders, LA, 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
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 4   The Haig, Hollywood, CA, June 16, 1953
• Chet Baker 4   LA, July 27, 1953
• Chet Baker 4   LA, July 29 & 30, 1953
• Chet Baker and The Lighthouse All-Stars   The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, Sep. 13, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars   The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, Sep., 1953
• Chet Baker 4   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 3, 1953
• Chet Baker 4   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 27, 1953
• Chet Baker 4 + Joe Pass   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 27, 1953; prob. LA area, 1962
• Chet Baker 4 with Charlie Parker   University Of Oregon, OR, Nov. 5, 1953
• Chet Baker Ensemble   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Dec. 14, 1953
• Chet Baker Ensemble   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Dec. 22, 1953
• Chet Baker 5 with Strings   LA, Dec. 30, 1953
• Chet Baker 5 with Strings   LA, Dec. 31, 1953
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 4   The Haig, Hollywood, CA, 1953

1954

• Chet Baker 4   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Feb. 15, 1954
• Chet Baker 4 + Bill Perkins/Jimmy Giuffre   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Feb. 15, 1954; prob. LA area, 1950s
• Chet Baker 4 + Joe Pass   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Feb. 15, 1954; prob. LA area, 1962
• Chet Baker 5 with Strings   LA, Feb. 20, 1954
• Chet Baker 4   University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 9, 1954
• Chet Baker 4   concert in Santa Cruz, CA, late July or late Sep.-Oct., 1954
• Chet Baker 4   Tiffany Club, LA, Aug. 10, 1954
• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 5   Tiffany Club without an audience, LA, Aug. 17, 1954
• Chet Baker 6   Radio Recorders' Annex, LA, Sep. 9, 1954
• Chet Baker 6   Radio Recorders' Annex, LA, Sep. 15, 1954
• Chet Baker 5   TVB, The Tonight Show, NYC, Dec., 1954

1955

• Chet Baker 5 with Strings   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Feb. 28, 1955
• Chet Baker 5 with Strings + Joe Pass?   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Feb. 28, 1955; prob. LA area, 1962
• Chet Baker 4   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Mar. 7, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   TVB, The Tonight Show, NYC, Mar., 1955
• Chet Baker 5   TVB, The Tonight Show, NYC, May 12, 1955
• Chet Baker 4 +   Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, July 16, 1955
• The Dave Brubeck 4 + Chet Baker + Clifford Brown + Gerry Mulligan Guests   same location, date
• Chet Baker 4   Birdland, NYC, Aug. 7, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland, Sep. 17, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   Kurhaus, Scheveningen, The Hague, Holland, Sep. 18, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   Mainz, W. Germany, Sep. 21, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Oct. 11, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Oct. 14, 1955
• Lars Gullin 5   Villa Berg, Stuttgart, W. Germany, Oct. 15, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Oct. 24, 1955
• Chet Baker 6   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Oct. 25, 1955
• Chet Baker 4   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Nov. 28, 1955
• Claus Ogerman 8   Baden-Baden, W. Germany, Dec. 6, 1955
• Chet Baker 5   Odd Fellow Palaeet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 11, 1955
• Chet Baker 5   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Dec. 26, 1955

1956

• Chet Baker 5   Conservatorio Cherubini, Florence, Italy, Jan. 24, 1956
• Chet Baker 5   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Feb. 10, 1956
• Chet Baker 8   Studio Pathe-Maggelan, Paris, France, Mar. 15, 1956
• Chet Baker - Caterina Valente 2   Baden-Baden, W. Germany, Mar. 26, 1956
• Chet Baker with The Kurt Edelhagen Orch.   prob. Baden-Baden, W. Germany, Mar.-Apr., 1956
• The Chet Baker 5 / Thelma Gracen   KABC-TV, Stars Of Jazz #3. 1956-#3, July 9, 1956
• Chet Baker 4   Forum Theatre, LA, July 23, 1956
• Chet Baker 4 + Joe Pass   Forum Theatre, LA, July 23, 1956; prob. LA area, 1962
• Chet Baker and Crew   Forum Theatre, LA, July 24, 25 & 31, 1956
• Art Pepper - Chet Baker 6   Forum Theatre, LA, July 26, 1956
• Chet Baker - Art Pepper 6   same location, date
• Chet Baker 4   Forum Theatre, LA, July 30, 1956
• Chet Baker 4 + Joe Pass   Forum Theatre, LA, July 30, 1956; prob. LA area, 1962
• Chet Baker 5   TVB, The 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   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 31, 1956
• Russ Freeman - Chet Baker 4   LA, Nov. 6, 1956
• Chet Baker - Bud Shank with Johnny Mandel/Bill Holman Orch.   LA, Nov. 8, 1956
• Chet Baker 5   TVB, The Tonight Show, LA, late 1956

1957

• Jack Sheldon Exciting All Star Big Band   LA, Aug., 1957
• Gerry Mulligan 4   Coastal Recording Studios, NYC, Dec. 3, 11 & 17, 1957
• Chet Baker 6   Coastal Recording Studios, NYC, Dec. 9, 1957
• Chet Baker 3   same location, date
• Annie Ross with Gerry Mulligan 4   NYC, Dec. 11 & 12, 1957

1958

• Stan Getz - Chet Baker 5   Robert Jordan & Associates Recorders, Chicago, Feb. 16, 1958
• Chet Baker 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug., 1958
• Chet Baker 5/4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Sep., 1958
• Johnny Pace acc. by The Chet Baker 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 23, 1958
• Johnny Pace acc. by The Chet Baker 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 29, 1958
• Johnny Pace acc. by The Chet Baker 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 30, 1958
• Chet Baker 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 30, 1958, & Jan. 19, 1959
• Chet Baker with Piero Umiliani 8 (Soundtrack From "Urilatorialla Sbarra")   Rome, Italy, 1958

1959 (age 30)

• Chet Baker 7/5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, July 21 & 22, 1959
• Chet Baker 6 & 4   Gurtler Studio, Milan, Italy, Sep. 25, 26, & Oct. 6, 1959
• Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings   Gurtler Bros. Studio, Milan, Italy, Sep. 28, & Oct. 5, 1959

1960

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

1961

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

1962

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

1963

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

1964

• Chet Baker 5   R.T.B. Studios?, Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 1964
• 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
• The Chet Baker 5   NYC, Aug. 23, 25 & 29, 1965
• Joe Pass with 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 and 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 with Bob Florence Orch.   LA, Aug., 1966
• Bud Shank with Bob Florence Orch.   LA, Sep., 1966
• Bud Shank with Bob Florence Orch.   LA, Oct., 1966
• Chet Baker and 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 (age 40)

• Chet Baker 5   LA, 1969

1970

• Chet Baker with Jerry Styner Orch.   Sunwest Recording Studios, LA, July 6, 1970

1972

• Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon 6   United Audio, Tustin, CA, 1972

1974

• 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   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July, Oct. & Nov., 1974
• Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Nov. 24, 1974

1975

• Jim Hall   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr., 1975
• Chet Baker 4   Pescara Jazz, Pescara, Italy, July 14, 1975
• Chet Baker 4   Stadio Cominale, Pescara, Italy, July 14, 1975
• Chet Baker 3   live in Nice, France, July 20, 1975
• Chet Baker 5   live in Nice, France, July 24, 1975
• Chet Baker 5/6   TVB, Singer Concertzaal, Laren, Holland, Aug. 7, 1975

1976

• Chet Baker 5   Brass Group, Palermo, Italy, Jan. 17, 1976
• Chet Baker 4   Music Inn, Rome, Italy, 1976

1977

• Chet Baker with 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
• Stephane Houben 5/7   Michel Dickenscheid Studio, Ougree, Belgium, Sep., 1977
• Astrud Gilberto   NYC, 1977

1978

• Chet Baker 5   Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club, Montreal, Canada, Mar. 7, 1978
• Chet Baker 4   Centre Culturel, Chateauvallon, France, Nov. 10, 1978
• Chet Baker 4 feat. Phil Markowitz   Nick Vollebregt's Jazz Cafe, Laren, Holland, Nov. 30, 1978
• Chet Baker 4   live in Stuttgart, W. Germany, Dec. 9, 1978
• Chet Baker 4   Paris, France, Dec. 28, 1978
• Chet Baker 4   Le Chateau, Herouville, France, Dec. 29, 1978

1979 (age 50)

• Chet Baker - Wolfgang Lackerschmid 2   Stuttgart, W. Germany, Jan. 8 & 9, 1979
• Chet Baker 4   Centro Jazz St. Louis, Roma, Italy, Jan. 27, 1979
• Chet Baker 6 with Strings   Paris, France, Mar. 8 & 9, 1979
• Chet Baker 4   VARA Studio 2, Hilversum, Holland, Apr. 10, 1979
• Chet Baker 3   June 21, 1979
• Chet Baker and Florens Bros.   John Melner Studio, London, England, Sep. 4 & 5, 1979
• Rachel Gould with Chet Baker and Florens Bros.   John Melner Studio, London, England, Sep. 5, 1979
• Chet Baker 4   Oct. 2, 1979
• Chet Baker 3   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 4, 1979
• Chet Baker 4   VARA Studio 2, Hilversum, Holland, Nov. 9, 1979
• Chet Baker - Wolfgang Lackerschmid 5   Stuttgart, W. Germany, Nov., 1979
• Chet Baker - Steve Houben 6   Brussels, Belgium, Nov., 1979
• Chet Baker Meets Enrico Pieranunzi 4   Emmequattro Studios, Rome, Italy, Dec. 4, 1979, & Jan. 4, 1980

1980

• Chet Baker 4   Backstreet Club, New Haven, CT, Feb. 19, 1980
• Chet Baker 4   Subway Club, Cologne, W. Germany, Mar. 22, 1980
• Chet Baker 4   Munich Sound Studios, Munich, W. Germany, Apr., 1980
• Ron Carter   VGS, 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 with Novos Tempos 4   Paris, France, July 21-23, 1980

1981

• Chet Baker 4/5   Fat Tuesday's, NYC, Apr. 28, 1981
• Chet Baker 6   Salt Peanuts Club, Cologne, W. Germany, May 21 & 23, 1981
• Chet Baker 5   Salt Peanuts Club, Cologne, W. Germany, May 25, 1981
• Chet Baker 4   Theatre De La Ville, Paris, France, Nov. 3, 1981
• Michel Graillier 2   Studio Acousti, Paris, France, Nov. 13, 1981

1982

• Chet Baker 4   Vanguard Studios, NYC, Feb. 2, 1982
• Chet Baker, Jim Hall, Hubert Laws   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. & Apr., 1982
• Roland Hanna   VGS, 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 with Chet Baker   Monster, Holland, Mar. 14, 1983
• Chet Baker 4   The Canteen, Covent Garden, London, England, Mar. 28-Apr. 2, 1983
• Chet Baker 4   Monster, Holland, May 25, 1983
• Elvis Costello   London, England, sum. 1983
• Chet Baker 4   Hot House, Oslo, Norway, Aug. 15, 1983
• Chet Baker 4   Club 7, Oslo, Norway, Aug. 30, 1983
• Chet Baker with Ake Johansson 3   Nefertiti, Goteborg, Sweden, Sep. 29, 1983
• Chet Baker 3   Studio Igloo, Brussels, Belgium, Sep., 1983
• Chet Baker 6   Capolinea, Milan, Italy, Oct., 1983
• Chet Baker 4   New Morning Club, Paris, France, Nov. 24, 1983
• Chet Baker 3   same location, date
• Chet Baker 3   Jazz Club Kawe, Lauwe, Belgium, Nov. 25, 1983
• Chet Baker 3   George's Jazz Cafe, Arnhem, Holland, Nov. 28, 1983

1984

• Chet Baker 4 with Orch.   Paris, France, mid Sep., 1984
• Chet Baker 5   same location, date
• Chet Baker 5 feat. Warne Marsh   Studio 44, Monster, Holland, Sep. 30, 1984
• Chet Baker 5   Renaissance II, Buffalo, NY, Nov. 11, 1984
• Jean-Jacques Goldman   Brazil, 1984 or 1985
• Rique Pantoja 5 with 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 and Chet Baker   Dallas, TX, Jan. 13, 1985
• Fred Raulston 4 feat. Martha Burks and Chet Baker   Dallas, TX, Jan. 13 & 14, 1985
• Chet Baker - Paul Bley 2   Sound Track Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 27, 1985
• Chet Baker 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 28, 1985
• Chet Baker 3   Bologna, Italy, Apr., 1985
• Chet Baker 3 feat. Philip Catherine   Studio 44, Monster, Holland, June 6 & 25, 1985
• Chet Baker 3   7th Jazz Fest., Munster, W. 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 5   Giardini Diaz, Macerata, Italy, July 2, 1985
• Chet Baker 4 with Orch. Filarmonica Marchigiana   Civitanova Marche, Italy, July 5, 1985
• Chet Baker 4 with Orch. Filarmonica Marchigiana   Port Recanati, Italy, July 8, 1985
• Chet Baker with Lizzy Mercier Descloux Orch.   Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July-Aug., 1985
• The Amstel 8 and Chet Baker   Fendal Sound, Loenen Aan De Vecht, Holland, Sep. 22, 1985
• Chet Baker 4   Locorotondo, Italy, Sep., 1985
• Chet Baker 4   Monster, Holland, Oct. 2 & 8, 1985
• Chet Baker 3   Teatro Sperimetale, Ancona, Italy, Nov. 23, 1985
• Chet Baker 3   Moonlight Club, Macerata, Italy, Nov. 24, 1985
• Joe LoCascio 5 with Chet Baker   Houston, TX, 1985

1986

• Chet Baker with Christopher Mason 4   NO, Jan. 7, 1986
• Chet Baker 4   Sound Track Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 23, 1986
• Chet Baker with The Bradley Young 3   Chicago, May 11, 1986
• Chet Baker 3 with Van Morrison   Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, Nov. 24, 1986
• Chet Baker 4   Monster, Holland, Dec. 17-19, 1986

1987

• Chet Baker 4   LA & 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, Showa Women's University, Setagaya, 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 3 with Chet Baker   CMC Studio, Rome, Italy, Nov. 11 & 12, 1987
• Chet Baker with The NDR Big Band   Audimax, Hamburg, W. Germany, Nov. 14, 1987
• Chet Baker with Enrico Pieranunzi 3   Corto Maltese, Ostia, Italy, Nov., 1987

1988 (aged 58)

• Jan Erik Vold   Paris, France, Feb. 17 & 18, 1988
• Chet Baker - Enrico Pieranunzi 2   Malleus Studio, Recanati, Italy, Feb. 29, 1988
• Chet Baker Meets Space Jazz 3   Malleus Studio, Recanati, Italy, Mar. 1 & 2, 1988
• Archie Shepp 4 with Chet Baker   21st German Jazz Fest., Kongresshalle, Frankfurt/Main, W. Germany, Mar. 13, 1988
• Archie Shepp 4 with Chet Baker   live in Paris, France, Mar. 14, 1988
• Chet Baker 4   Rosenheim, W. Germany, Apr. 17, 1988
• Chet Baker 6   Teatro Carignano, Turin, Italy, Apr. 21, 1988
• Chet Baker with The NDR Big Band   Funkhaus, Hanover, W. Germany, Apr. 28, 1988
• Chet Baker with The Radio Symphony Hannover   same location, date
• Chet Baker with Walter Norris 4   same location, date

1992

• Jim Hall   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992

Others

• Chet Baker On Dutch Radio Shows   broadcast, live in Holland, 1976-1985
• The Legacy Vol. 3   1978, late 1979 & 1987
• Rene Urtreger   live in concert, released 1982

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