I set the WOPL 700b time machine to 1953/1955 today in the Jazz genre (Cool Jazz and Bop).
Pulled these two debut albums out. You’ve heard me say it many times before but the WOPL Dual Mono boards make my older MONO albums shine! It’s profound. The vocals from Ruth Price are stunning, but what really shines is Chet Bakers’ horn, it is crystal clear, and Russ Freeman’s piano sounds like he is right in front of me, front row seat. Never ceases to amaze me. Thanks again Joe!
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Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman
Pacific Jazz Records – PJ LP-6
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, October 3, 1953
Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: Dec 1953
Genre: Jazz
Style: Cool Jazz, Bop
Chet Baker’s Debut Album released as a 10” vinyl with Russ Freeman (not from the Rippingtons

) on piano.
Really nice recording of a young Chet Baker.
He was 23 when he recorded this. He turned 24 two weeks after it was released in 1953.
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Ruth Price – My Name Is Ruth Price . . . I Sing!
Label: Kapp Records – KL-1006
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Jazz
Style: Vocal
Her debut album in 1955. She was only 17 when she recorded it, and went on to sing with the Johnny Smith Quartet, Shelly Manne, Charlie Ventura, Gene Krupa, and toured with Harry James. She is still alive, still singing at 87 years old.
