Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon - Chet Baker / Jack Sheldon - The Lost Studio Album (1LP) (RSD24)

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Newly Unearthed Studio Date from 1972 Featuring the Trumpeters/Vocalists with a Top-Flight Band of L.A. Musicians Arrives on CD April 26 Release is Co-Produced by “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman and Famed Film Producer Frank Marshall, Who Discovered the Recordings in the Family Garage Zev Feldman’s Jazz Detective label will present a previously unheard musical treasure on Record Store Day 2024, as the archival imprint releases In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album, a hitherto unknown 1972 studio recording featuring trumpeters/vocalists Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon. The collection will be released on April 20 as a limited 180-gram audiophile LP, mastered from the original analog tapes by engineer Matthew Lutthans at the Mastering Lab in Salina, KS, followed by a CD release on April 26. The sextet date is the third release featuring Baker from award-winning archival producer Feldman, succeeding the previous Live in Paris: The Radio France Recordings (1983-1984) (Elemental Music, 2021) and Blue Room: The 1989 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective, 2022). Both titles were issued in partnership with Barcelona-based Jordi Soley and Carlos Agustin Calembert of Elemental Music. In Perfect Harmony is co-produced by the legendary, hit-making film producer Frank Marshall, whose glittering resumé includes the Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, and Jason Bourne franchises, among many other box office blockbusters. Marshall’s father was jazz guitarist and composer Jack Marshall; he is a featured player on the Baker-Sheldon recordings, which were cut at United Audio, the Tustin, CA, studio facility he operated with partner Hank Quinn, who co-produced the original ’72 date. Veteran music executive and TV/film producer, Jeff Pollack —whose recent credits include The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time, Rhythm + Flow and McCartney: 3,2,1 — is an executive producer on the album.

Side A 1. This Can’t Be Love (2:12) 2. Just Friends (2:29) 3. Too Blue (4:20) 4. But Not For Me (3:35) 5. Historia de un Amor (3:06) 6. Once I Loved (3:46) Side B 1. You Fascinate Me (3:01) 2. When I Fall In Love (5:05) 3. I Cried For You (3:32) 4. I’m Old Fashioned (2:31) 5. Evil Blues (2:04)