More Chet Baker Coming Your Way AAA Via new land Records

5 Prestige albums recorded August 1965 released 1966-1967 available for 1st time in 50 years--titles have a Miles vibe

Press release: LP box set featuring five original studio albums from 1965 (AAA) Remastered and cut directly from the original analog mono tapes by Kevin Gray. Manufactured on 180gm vinyl and housed in reverse-board deluxe sleeves. Expansive book with liner notes from GRAMMY® award nominated James Gavin, interviews with Chet Baker, George Coleman, Kirk Lightsey, Herman Wright, Roy Brooks and previously unseen photographs. Housed inside a secure, heavy lift-off lid box with spot-gloss finish

Five original studio albums, recorded in New York City across one week in August 1965: Boppin’, Smokin’, Groovin’, Comin’ On, Cool Burnin’ are being made available on vinyl for the first time in over 50-years. Representing a critical moment in his career, Chet Baker hooked up with a superlative band for these recordings: George Coleman; Kirk Lightsey; Herman Wright and Roy Brooks play throughout on these thrilling sets, which were originally issued by Prestige Recordings.

New Land has gained full access to the original analog mono tapes, and Kevin Gray has remastered to give them fresh sonic detail.

Chet Baker's 1965 Prestige recordings mark a transitional period - his return to the U.S. after time in Europe and a brush with the legal system. These sessions show him leaning into a grittier, more expressive tone, yet still laced with his signature lyrical beauty.

Cut at the height of Prestige Records’ hard bop renaissance, this session pairs Baker with saxophone titan George Coleman - fresh from his tour with Miles Davis. The result is a raw, swinging quintet sound that’s immediate, soulful, and unvarnished.

After years of drifting through Europe and seemingly unending personal turmoil, Chet returned to the U.S. and cut these sessions. Stripped of the youthful innocence that defined his early West Coast days, Baker plays with a darker, more introspective edge - his horn still sings, but now it sighs too.

Joined by a tight NYC rhythm section, these recordings bridge cool jazz’s elegance with the raw immediacy of East Coast hard bop. This is Baker at his most human - fragile, lyrical, unfiltered.

These aren’t just “late-era” Chet recordings - they’re a document of reinvention. For collectors, this fills a crucial gap between his iconic 1950s cool jazz era and his darker 1970s European sessions. The interplay with Coleman is especially rare and electric.

“These sessions let one know he could break through his "cool" image by playing heated bop when he wanted to. It also finds him debuting on flugel horn and the softer tone fits his introverted sound well"

“These records are the basis for my being known at all in the jazz world” - Kirk Lightsey

Chet Baker - Flugel horn

George Coleman - Tenor Saxophone

Kirk Lightsey - Piano

Herman Wright - Bass

Roy Brooks – Drums

Released September 12th. Available for pre-order