These recordings were made
during Chet Baker's first
European tour in 1955. It was
during this tour that the quartet's
pianist, the talented Dick
Twardzik, tragically died in Paris
from a heroin overdose. Baker
was devastated, and following
Twardzik's death -for which he
felt some level of responsibility-
the trumpeter submerged himself
in the drug world and in a selfdestructive
spiral which would
last for the rest of his life. Baker
would stay in Europe for a number
of months after Twardzik's
death, playing with different
local musicians. Baker signed
a contract in Paris with Nicole
Barclay to make seven albums,
but in the end he would record
only three. |
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