Although always recognized as a trumpeter with unsurpassed lyrical qualities, Chet Baker has had many ups and downs in his long career. The very late 1950s was not an "up" period: the West Coast label he was under contract to readily allowed Riverside to borrow him as leader on four albums. Most of them were extremely uneven, but this one definitely worked. It had a strong basic concept (simply to turn Chet loose on some first-class standard-ballad compositions) and, quite importantly, one of those casually all-star lineups that the jazz scene of those days made possible: Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay, Philly Joe Jones.

Recorded with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay, Philly Joe Jones.

TRACKLIST:

A1. Alone Together

A2. How High The Moon

A3. It Never Entered My Mind

A4. 'Tis Autumn

B1. If You Could See Me Now

B2. September Song

B3. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

B4. Time On My Hands

B5. You And The Night And The Music