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{{Infobox album
| name = Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker
| type = studio
| artist = [[:pt:Rique Pantoja|Rique Pantoja]] and [[Chet Baker]]
| cover = Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker.png
| alt =
| released = October 17, 1987
| recorded = 1985
| studio =
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 31:02
| label = [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
| producer = Chico Neves
| chronology = [[Chet Baker]]
| prev_title = [[As Time Goes By (Chet Baker album)|As Time Goes By]]
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[Let's Get Lost (1988 film)#Musical score and soundtrack|Let's Get Lost]]
| next_year = 1987
}}
'''''Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker''''' is an album by trumpeter/vocalist [[Chet Baker]] and Brazilian composer and pianist [[:pt:Rique Pantoja|Rique Pantoja]] produced by [[:pt:Chico Neves|Chico Neves]] and Rique Pantoja. The album was recorded by Chico Neves and Iro Barreto with recording sessions taking place at Studio Pollicino in 1984 in Rome, Studio Nas Nuvens in 1985 in [[Rio de Janeiro]], when Chet Baker came to Brazil to play at the [[Free Jazz Festival]], and Studio Audio Patrulba in 1987 in [[São Paulo]]. It was mixed by Iro Barreto, Zeziabo Matarelli and Rique Pantoja and released on the [[Warner Music Brasil|WEA Discos]] label in Brazil in 1987, the [[Pony Canyon]] label in Japan on July 21, 1989 and the [[Warner Music Latina]] label in the US in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Janice L. |date=1992-05-30 |title=Jazz Artists Are Going in New Directions : Composer: Internationally known Rique Pantoja, who plays in San Juan Capistrano tonight, works toward wider fame in the U.S. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-30-ca-312-story.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Zan |date=1992-09-10 |title=Pantoja Returns the Compliment : Music: Because a trumpeter took note of his tunes, the Brazilian composer was inspired to keep writing. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-10-ca-493-story.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker - Chet Baker, Rique... {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rique-pantoja-chet-baker-mw0000201753 |access-date=2024-10-12 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 7, 1987 |title=Brazilian Instrumental Music |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1987/1987-11-07-Billboard-Page-0070.pdf#search=%22rique%20pantoja%22 |journal=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 27, 1989 |title=Jazz New Releases Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Gavin-IDX/IDX/80s/89/Gavin-1989-10-27-OCR-Page-0053.pdf#search=%22rique%20pantoja%22 |journal=Gavin Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 1, 1989 |title=Record to Watch Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Gavin-IDX/IDX/80s/89/Gavin-1989-10-27-OCR-Page-0053.pdf#search=%22rique%20pantoja%22 |journal=Gavin Report |pages=34}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Agudelo |first=Carlos |date=June 3, 1989 |title=Latin Notas |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1989/1989-06-03-Billboard-Page-0061.pdf#search=%22rique%20pantoja%22 |journal=Billboard |pages=61}}</ref>
==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" />
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. |year=1985|title=The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide|publisher=Random House/Rolling Stone|location=USA|isbn=0-394-72643-X|pages=18}}
</ref>
}}
The [[AllMusic]] review by Ron Wynn stated: "Baker was dominant musical personality, Pantoja provided Latin background."<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker - Chet Baker, Rique... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rique-pantoja-chet-baker-mw0000201753#userReviews |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2024-10-12 |language=en}}</ref>
David Steinberg for the ''[[Albuquerque Journal]]'' wrote: "On this album Baker evokes a rich sound."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1989-10-06 |title=Baker 'Gets Lost' in Gray of Music by David Steinberg |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-baker-gets-lost-in/156512201/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |newspaper=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |pages=20}}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Cinema 1" (Rique Pantoja) – 5:23
# "Saci" (Rique Pantoja) – 4:26
# "Arborway" (Rique Pantoja) – 5:27
# "[[So Hard to Know]]" (Rique Pantoja, [[Roxanne Seeman]]) – 5:43
# "Te Cantei" (Rique Pantoja) – 5:19
# "Depois Da Praia" (Rique Pantoja) – 4:44
==Personnel==
* [[Chet Baker]] – trumpet, vocals
* Rique Pantoja – piano, [[synthesizer]]
* [[Sizao Machado]] – bass guitar
* [[Bob Wyatt]] – drums
* Mauro Senise – flute on "Depois Da Praia"
==References==
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{{Chet Baker}}
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[[Category:Chet Baker albums]]
[[Category:1987 collaborative albums]]
[[Category:Pony Canyon albums]]
[[Category:Warner Music Group albums]]
[[Category:Vocal–instrumental duet albums]]