Artists House, a classy if short-lived label, released this attractive
Chet Baker LP, a quintet date with tenor saxophonist Gregory Herbert, pianist
Harold Danko, bassist
Ron Carter, and drummer
Mel Lewis. The challenging material ("The Song Is You" is the only one of the five songs that is a standard) inspires the musicians to play creative solos. It is particularly interesting to hear
Baker interpret the
Wayne Shorter tune "ESP." ~ Scott Yanow