Chet Baker & Stan Getz - Live In Stockholm 1983 (2009)

Typically, the Stan Getz Quartet (with Jim McNeely on piano, George Mraz on bass and Victor Lewis on drums) would open the concert with a long set that included such favorites of Stan’s as “O Grande Amor” and “We’ll Be Together Again”; Chet would do a couple of vocal numbers, usually “Just Friends” and “My Funny Valentine”; section; and then the two would jam on three or four songs like “Stella by Starlight” and “Airegin.”
But according to promoter Wim Wigt, from the start of the tour Getz made no secret of his disdain for Baker, especially his singing. “[He] was like a spoiled child and he was very insecure,” Wigt told British jazz writer Mike Hennessey. “He was jealous of the success that Chet was enjoying.” And as Hennessey adds, the relationship was aggravated by “what might be described as a conflict of addictions. Getz at this time was drinking heavily and Baker was using heroin. Says McNeeley, ‘Stan had a real attitude about Chet’s using drugs. Perhaps if they had both been doing the same substance they might have got along better together’.” Stan, he added, tried to turn the rhythm section against Baker. When that failed, the tenorman gave Wigt a he-goes-or-I-go ultimatum. “So I paid Chet off, which was a great shame because he had been playing superbly every night,” Wigt remembers with regret.

Artists:
- Stan Getz: tenor sax
- Chet Baker: trumpet, vocals
- Jim McNeely: piano
- George Mraz: bass
- Victor Lewis: drums


Tracklist:
01. We'll Be Together Again (Fisher-Laine) 8:03
02. I'll Remember April (DePaul- Johnston-Raye) 11:41
03. Just Friends (Klenner-Lewis) 8:42
04. My Funny Valentine(Rodgers-Hart) 8:33
05. Sippin' At Bells (Miles Davis) 9:04
06. Blood Count (Billy Strayhorn) 5:25
07. Milestones (Miles Davis) 9:44
08. Airegin (Sonny Rollins) 9:04
09. Dear Old Stockholm (Traditional) 5:50
10. Line For Lyons (Gerry Mulligan) 2:04