Chet Baker - In New York LP Reissue ‘A Hero’s Death’ arrives battered

‘A Hero’s Death’ arrives battered and bruised

XL Recordings will release a unique reinterpretation of the album by acclaimed US jazz musician Makaya McCraven

I think I’ll always remember David Nance’s latest LP as the album that kept me company while working in the shop during the last lockdown

They roared without irony

and extremely fuzzy around the edges

Chet Baker - In New York LP Reissue ‘A Hero’s Death’ arrives batteredFew musicians have embodied the romantic, and ultimately tragic, jazz figure as totally as Chesney "Chet" Baker (1929 88). Unschooled yet eloquent in his music, the Baker mystique has only reinforced one of the most haunting trumpet styles and ingenuous approaches to jazz singing. In New York is his legendary 1958 session featuring east coast jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Philly Joe Jones, Al Haig & Paul Chambers.