Cool Cat

Chet Baker - Cool Cat

• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• CHET BAKER PLAYS AND SINGS
COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY THELONIOUS
MONK AND RODGERS & HART
• INCLUDES “SWIFT SHIFTING”, “’ROUND
MIDNIGHT”, “BLUE MOON” A.O.
• BLACK VINYL

Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, actor and vocalist and a major innovator in cool jazz, leading him to be nick- named “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 accom- panied by pianist Harold Danko, bassist Jon Burr and drummer Ben Riley.

Cool Cat is available on black vinyl.