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Originally issued in Italy as Angel Eyes and in the US as Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings, this LP was made by Chet Baker in Milan during his second tour of Italy in 1959. Backed by a big band conducted by Len Mercer (the artistic name of the Milanese conductor Ezio Leoni) in a selection of well-known standards, including a new reading of the classic Baker hit, "My Funny Valentine."

PERSONNEL:
CHET BAKER (trumpet & vocals) on all tracks, plus:
Len Mercer’s Orchestra:
Mario Pezzotta (tb), unknown (fhr), unknown oboe, fl, harp & cl, Glauco Masetti (as), Gianni Basso (ts), Fausto Papetti (bar), Giulio Libani (p, cello, arr), unknown strings (16 violins, 4 violas, cello, 2 bass), Franco Cerry (b), Gene Victory (d), Len Mercer [aka Ezio Leoni] (arr, cond).

Recorded at Gurtler Bros. Studio, Milan, Italy, September 28 (A3-A4, B2, B5), September 29 (A1, A5, B1, B6) & October 5 (A2, B3-B4), 1959.

TRACKS:
A1. I SHOULD CARE
A2 . VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS
A3. THE SONG IS YOU
A4. WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
A5. GOODBYE

B1. AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
B2. ANGEL EYES
B3. STREET OF DREAMS
B4. FORGETFUL
B5. DEEP IN A DREAM
B6. MY FUNNY VALENTINE (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACK