{"product_id":"great_moments_with","title":"Great Moments With","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreat Moments With is a 2‑LP compilation drawn from the final five and a half years of Chet Baker’s career, focusing on his work for the Dutch label Timeless Records and released in expanded, remastered form in 2024–2026. Rather than a career‑spanning “best of,” it zeroes in on Baker’s late European period, when his collaboration with impresario Wim Wigt and the Timeless agency brought him more stable touring conditions, frequent studio and live dates, and a sympathetic circle of rhythm sections and small groups. The 13‑track program includes “Ray’s Ideas,” “In a Sentimental Mood” (live), “There’ll Never Be Another You” (live), “My Melancholy Baby,” “Father X‑Mas,” “How Deep Is the Ocean,” “For All We Know,” “Sea Breeze,” “’Round Midnight,” “My Funny Valentine,” “Beatrice,” “Everything Happens to Me,” and a previously unreleased live version of “But Not For Me.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusically, the set moves between airy bebop, nocturnal ballads, and intimate club recordings, highlighting both Baker’s flugelhorn\/trumpet tone and his fragile, conversational singing. Several cuts pair him with the Kirk Lightsey Trio, with guitarist Philip Catherine, or with European rhythm sections associated with players like Dexter Gordon, while one side draws on a rare live date from Zagreb, giving the compilation a quietly varied, pan‑European feel. Presented on 180‑gram white vinyl in a linen‑laminated gatefold sleeve with new liner notes by biographer Jeroen de Valk, Great Moments With is framed as both a collector‑friendly artifact and a lyrical portrait of Baker’s late style: weathered but melodically sure, drifting through standards with the unhurried poise of someone who seems to be singing and playing only for a small after‑hours crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP - White Vinyl","offer_id":53285117034810,"sku":"37572","price":40.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-04-07_at_1.30.44_PM_12f8c717-d0a0-436f-8bc1-127a6f952635.jpeg?v=1779310672","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/great_moments_with","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}