Chet Baker

ONLY STUDIO RECORDINGS WITH EXCELLENT SOUND QUALITY

In his dual role as a trumpeter and as a singer, Chet Baker was one of the undisputed masters of the jazz ballad, able to reach climaxes of intense feeling and intimacy. This CD compiles some of his best performances of the genre, which were all studio recordings featuring excellent sound quality. Among the highlights are “My Funny Valentine”, a song Baker made into a classic, “Deep in a Dream”, “Alone Together”, and Billy Strayhorn’s celebrated “Lush Life”, which Baker never recorded again in the studio. Baker was accompanied here by other jazz giants such as Bill Evans, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.

CHET BAKER trumpet & vocals, with:

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:

Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams (bar)
Bill Evans, Russ Freeman, Kenny Drew (p),
Kenny Burrell (g),
Carson Smith, George Morrow, Paul Chambers, Leroy Vinnegar (b),
Chico Hamilton, Philly Joe Jones, Dannie Richmond, Connie Kay (d),
among others.

Recorded in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York,
Paris and Milan, between 1952 & 1959.
Recorded in New Jersey, New York & Paris, 1953-1959.
CHET BAKER
Plays and Sings BALLADS FOR LOVERS
dboulard@distrijazz.

TRACKS:

01 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (instrumental)
02 TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT
03 EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME :06
04 YOU GO TO MY HEAD
05 LUSH LIFE
06 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
07 ALONE TOGETHER
08 THESE FOOLISH THINGS
09 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON
10 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND
11 SWEET LORRAINE
12 I’M OLD FASHIONED
13 IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW
14 SEPTEMBER SONG
15 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (vocal)
16 TENDERLY
17 DEEP IN A DREAM

TOTAL TIME: 75:32