Angel Eyes (180g)

LPA

I Should Care
Violets For Your Fur
The Song Is You
When I Fall In Love
Good Bye

LPB

Autumn In New York
Angel Eyes
Street Of Dreams
Forgetful
Deep In A Dream

This music for ‘Angel Eyes’ – also known in the United States as ‘Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings’ – was recorded by the great Chet Baker in Milan, Italy, in 1959. It was his second European tour (the first one had taken place in 1955) and would lead to Baker’s imprisonment in Italy for drug charges. Baker is backed by a big band conducted by Len Mercer (the artistic name of the Milanese conductor Ezio Leoni) in a repertoire of well-known standards. Baker is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the “Prince of Cool”.