Chet Baker

DE-LUXE DIGI-SLEEVE EDITIONS

INCLUDES 11 BONUS TRACKS

Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen to You (Riverside LP-12-278), presented in its entirety, was Baker’s second .vocal album. It is complemented here with further vocal tracks by Chet taped in 1957, as well as two rare duets on which Baker backs on trumpet Italian singer Caterina Valente, and a song with Chet’s vocals from an Italian movie soundtrack from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER, trumpet, vocals.
KENNY DREW, piano.
GEORGE MORROW or SAM JONES, bass.
PHILLY JOE JONES or DANNIE RICHMOND, drums.

New York, August 1958.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:

[13-20]: Chet Baker (tp, vc), David Wheat (g), Ross Savakus (b).
New York, December 9, 1957.

[21-22]: Caterina Valente (vc, g), Chet Baker (tp).
Baden-Baden, Germany, March 26, 1956.

[23]: Chet Baker (tp, vc), with the Piero Umiliani Orchestra.
Rome, Italy, 1960-1962.

TRACKS:

01 DO IT THE HARD WAY
02 I’M OLD FASHIONED
03 YOU’RE DRIVING ME CRAZY
04 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
05 MY HEART STOOD STILL
06 THE MORE I SEE YOU
07 EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME
08 DANCING ON THE CEILING
09 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON
10 OLD DEVIL MOON
11 WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS
12 YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG
13 THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY (*)
14 LITTLE GIRL BLUE (*)
15 EMBRACEABLE YOU (*)
16 THEY ALL LAUGHED (*)
17 THERE’S A LULL IN MY LIFE (*)
18 WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS (*)
19 FORGETFUL (*)
20 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (*)
21 EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE (*)
22 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL (*)
23 ARRIVEDERCI (*)

Total Time: 76:21