Baker, Chet

Cool Cat

Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, actor and vocalist and a major innovator in cool jazz, leading him to be nicknamed "the prince of cool". The 1989 album 'Cool Cat' contains six tracks, split into 3 instrumentals; 'Swift Swifting,' ''Round Midnight,' 'Caravelle' and the 3 vocal tunes 'For All We Know,' 'Blue Moon' and 'My Foolish Heart.' The songs are written by top jazz composers, including Thelonious Monk, Rodgers & Hart. For the recordings of 'Cool Cat,' Chet is accompanied by pianist Harold Danko, bassist Jon Burr and drummer Ben Riley.

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