Chet Baker sings / Chet Baker.
By: Baker, Chet [performer]
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Contributor(s): Freeman, Russ [instrumentalist] | Bond, Jimmy [instrumentalist] | Smith, Carson [instrumentalist] | Littman, Peter [instrumentalist] | Marable, Lawrence [instrumentalist] | Neel, Bob [instrumentalist].
Material type: 
MusicPublisher: New York : Blue Note Records, [1998]Description: 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.Content type: performed music Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discSubject(s): Jazz -- 1951-1960 | Trumpet with jazz ensembleDDC classification: CD-JZ/BAK-CHE | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library CD | CD-JZ/BAK-CHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00205527 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As Gerald Heard's liner notes point out, it's difficult to decide whether Chet Baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet. When the 24-year-old California-based trumpeter started his vocal career in 1954, his singing was revolutionary; as delicate and clear as his trumpet playing, with a similarly bright and vibrato-free tone, Baker simply didn't sound like any previous jazz singer. His first vocal session, recorded in February 1954 and covering tracks seven through 14 of this disc, is so innocent-sounding it's like cub reporter Jimmy Olsen had started a new career as a jazz singer. The album's first six tracks, recorded in July 1956, are even more milk and cookies, thanks in no small part to syrupy material like Frank Loesser's "I've Never Been in Love Before" and Donaldson/Kahn's drippy "My Buddy." Choices from the earlier session like "My Funny Valentine" -- arguably the definitive version of this oft-recorded song -- and "There Will Never Be Another You" work much, much better. The spacious musical setting, a simple trumpet and piano-bass-drums rhythm section, is perfect for Baker's low-key style. Despite the few faults of song selection, Chet Baker Sings is a classic of West Coast cool jazz. ~ Stewart Mason
That old feeling -- It's always you -- Like someone in love -- My ideal -- I've never been in love before -- My buddy -- But not for me -- Time after time -- I get along without you very well -- My funny valentine -- There will never be another you -- The thrill is gone -- I fall in love too easily -- I look for the silver lining.
Chet Baker, trumpet and vocals ; Russ Freeman, piano and celeste ; James Bond, bass ; Carson Smith, bass ; Peter Littman, drums ; Lawrence Marable, drums ; Bob Neel, drums.
Recorded in California on July 23 and 30, 1956 at the Forum Theatre, Los Angeles and on February 15, 1954 at the Capitol Studios, Hollywood.
Compact disc.