Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman

Allmusic rated the reissued album with 4 stars stating "The 25 selections here provide copious evidence of Baker's uncanny artistry as he develops a dark, yet lyrical, interpretive approach. Immediately evident is the thoughtful synergy between Baker and the comparatively understated Freeman, whose comps help link the respective solos". ==Track listing==

All compositions by Russ Freeman except as indicated • "Isn't It Romantic?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:27 Bonus track on CD reissue • "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Bert Shefter) – 2:30 Bonus track on CD reissue • "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:43 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Maid in Mexico" – 2:53 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Russ Job" – 2:52 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:59 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Long Ago (and Far Away)" [10" LP Take] (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 2:11 • "Long Ago (and Far Away)" [12" LP Take] (Kern, Gershwin) – 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Carson City Stage" (Carson Smith) – 2:35 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:08 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Batter Up" – 2:15 Bonus track on CD reissue • "No Ties" [10" LP Take] – 2:57 • "No Ties" [12" LP Take] – 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue • "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:53 • "The Thrill Is Gone" [10" LP Take] (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown) – 2:44 • "The Thrill Is Gone" [12" LP Take] (Brown, Henderson) – 2:45 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Band Aid" – 2:43 • "Bea's Flat" – 2:57 • "Moon Love" [10" LP Take] (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mack Davis, Mack David, André Kostelanetz) – 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Moon Love" [12" LP Take] (Tchaikovsky, Davis, David, Kostelanetz) – 3:16 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Happy Little Sunbeam" – 2:40 • "Happy Little Sunbeam" [Alternate Take] – 2:24 Bonus track on CD reissue • "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 2:02 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Winter Wonderland" [78 Take] (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:16 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Winter Wonderland" [LP Take] (Bernard, Smith) – 2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue • Recorded in Los Angeles on July 24 (track 1), July 27 (tracks 2–4), July 29 & 30 (tracks 5–11) and at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on October 3 (tracks 12–22) and October 27 (tracks 23–25), 1953 ==Personnel==

• Chet Baker – trumpet, vocals (on track 23) • Russ Freeman – piano • Bob Whitlock (tracks 1–4), Carson Smith (tracks 5–22), Joe Mondragon (tracks 23–25) – bass • Bobby White (tracks 1–4), Larry Bunker (tracks 5–22), Shelly Manne (tracks 23–25) – drums == References ==