Chet BakerTwo a Day (Gold Foil Numbered)

Chet in his weathered prime, cut one December night in 1978 at Le Chateau in Herouville, his trumpet frayed and unhurried. The title cut lopes on a relaxed quartet pulse, Blue Room stretches past seven minutes of weary lyricism, and This Is Always aches across nine. Less the golden boy, more the survivor playing what he has left. For anyone who wants their cool with a crack running through it. Late and tender and worth every slow minute.