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This late 70s recording of the great Chet Baker is a cool jazz reference recording for melody and style. Vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker was celebrated particularly for his vocal albums, with his early career showing promise as one of "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one" as Jazz historian Dave Gelly puts it. His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame. Baker was in and out of jail frequently before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and '80s. This recording is taken from the legendary Hamburg music hall, Onkel Pö. After opening in October 1970, it became on the the venues for Jazz in Europe, participating in the New Jazz Festival at Hamburg. Among the jazz musicians who played at Onkel Pö were John Abercrombie, Chet Baker, Art Blakey, Carla Bley, Joanne Brackeen, Dollar Brand, Michael Brecker, Gary Burton, Don Cherry, Chick Corea, Gil Evans, Jan Garbarek, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Goodman, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Haden, Louis Hayes, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Leo Kottke, Steve Kuhn, Dave Liebman, Michael Mantler, Pat Metheny, Alphonse Mouzon, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Tom Shaka, Woody Shaw, Archie Shepp, Horace Silver, Ralph Towner, Bennie Wallace, Mike Westbrook, Yōsuke Yamashita, and Attila Zoller. Al Jarreau and Helen Schneider started their international careers there.