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Live At Ronnie Scott's, London
Chet Baker

Hendring/Wadham (UK)
(Released 1987)

  1. But Not For Me
  2. Arboway
  3. If I Should Lose You
  4. My Ideal
  5. Nightbird
  6. Love For Sale
  7. Shifting Down
  8. You Can't Go Home Again
  9. Send In The Clowns

Notes:
Van singing on "Send In The Clowns". Recorded June 6, 1986. The track has also found its way onto a number of Van boots, including Dark Knight of the Soul, Pure, and Too Late To Stop Now Outtakes.

Notes on DVD release from Rhino Records:
Live At Ronnie Scott's, London cover Chet Baker's performance on this DVD is both fragile and passionate. Baker is joined by Van Morrison and reunited with Elvis Costello, with whom he recorded "Shipbuilding," at Ronnie Scott's intimate English club. In interviews conducted by Costello, the pain and happiness hidden behind the jazz legend's wrinkled, tired face pour out like so many notes. Chet recalls winning a spot with Charlie Parker's band at the tender age of 22, but humbles himself by confessing to a lifelong addiction to drugs. But through it all, it seems one constant remained in his life, which always brought him back from the abyss and made his triumphs ever so much sweeter—the cool, sweaty, dark, and ethereal sounds of that West Coast "cool school" jazz. The DVD version features 5.1 audio, a Chet Baker discography, and a trivia subtitle track. (Also available on VHS) [58 MIN.; 5.1 AUDIO; COLOR; NOT RATED.] Available from Amazon.com or http://www.rhinorecords.com/

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