Relax with Chet Baker

Relaxed West Coast Jazz for easy listening: Chet Baker in NYC I almost saw Chet. Unfortunately, he fell out of a window in Amsterdam a few days earlier, and my concert visit didn’t happen. Intro Chet Baker was at the beginning of my jazz journey. I discovered him on a recording with Paul Desmond and … Read more

A Song for Dreaming

The Girl from Ipanema

The Girl from Ipanema performed by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. New York, March 18 and 19, 1963: João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz in the recording studio. Also in the studio but not mentioned on the cover: Astrud Gilberto. Intro I love music and I am a Jazz fan. Since my teens … Read more