Chet Baker
Trumpet Solo on
But Not For Me

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Chet Baker's two-chorus trumpet solo is the third of four solos, marking his second appearance as an improviser on this track after his earlier vocal statement. Picking up his horn at 242 BPM in E-flat over the 32-bar ABAB' form, Baker's instrumental playing displays a leaner, more daringly sparse approach than his 1950s work. The contrast between his vocal and trumpet contributions reveals two complementary facets of his artistry, with the horn solo bringing a different kind of intimacy and rhythmic daring to the same harmonic material he had already explored with his voice.

Chet Baker was 49 to 50 years old at the time.