Chet Baker

Presented here is the complete original Chet Baker album Embraceable You, consisting of an outstanding trio date featuring the leader playing the trumpet and singing in his most romantic mood backer by just guitar and bass. While this kind of formation would become a standard setting for Chet in his later years, it is quite unusual for 1957, when the session was recorded.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER, trumpet & vocals
DAVID “BUCK” WHEAT, guitar
ROSS SAVAKUS, bass

New York, December 9, 1957.

(*) BONUS TRACK (B7):
Chet Baker (tp, vcl), Kenny Drew (p), Sam Jones (b), Philly Joe Jones (d).
New York, August, 1958.

SIDE A:

01. THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY
02. LITTLE GIRL BLUE
03. EMBRACEABLE YOU
04. THEY ALL LAUGHED
05. THERE’S A LULL IN MY LIFE
06. WHAT IS THERE TO SAY?
07. WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS

SIDE B:

01. FORGETFUL
02. HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
03. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
04. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
05. LITTLE GIRL BLUE
06. TRAV’LIN LIGHT
07. WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS (*)