BAKER CHET/PLAYS THE BEST OF LERNER LOEWE

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EU-ONLY 180GM VINYL LP PRESSING INCLUDING BONUS TRACK AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. ALTHOUGH CHET BAKER AND BILL EVANS WERE BOTH HIGHLY LYRICAL AND INTROSPECTIVE PLAYERS WHO COULD HAVE MADE A MARVELOUS TEAMTHEY ONLY RECORDED TOGETHER ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS. THE REASONS BEHIND THEIR LIMITED ASSOCIATION ARE UNCLEAR. THE THIRD BAKER-EVANS SESSIONFEATURING HERBIE MANN AND PEPPER ADAMSWAS PART OF A BAKER PROJECT DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF COMPOSER FREDERICK LOEWE AND LYRICIST ALAN JAY LERNER. THE ALBUM WAS TITLED CHET BAKER PLAYS THE BEST OF LERNER LOEWEAND INCLUDED A JULY 221959 DATE WITH EVANS (THEIR LAST PRESERVED ENCOUNTER) PLUS A SESSION FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY ON WHICH EVANS WASNT PRESENT (THE PIANIST WAS BOB CORWIN).