Name: Chet Baker Sings
Brand: Chet Baker

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DOL797HG

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2015-04-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Lasgo

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

0889397217976

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Chet Baker

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Jazz Wax Records

Essential

The music on this LP put Chet Baker on the scene not just as a brilliant trumpeter, but also as a talented singer. The original 10" LP Chet Baker Sings (Pacific Jazz JLP-11) was a revelation at the time and won Baker new fame and a new audience, which was more familiar with pop music than jazz. The reasons are quite clear: Chet's voice is tender and beautiful, and at the same time his phrasing always swings and surprises.

Recorded at the Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, California on July 23 &amp; 30, 1956; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California on February 15, 1954. Includes liner notes by Richard Brock and Gerlad Heard. Few musicians were such a double threat as Chet Baker; he could blow a cool trumpet, and croon a lazy ballad or a bouncing standard with the best of them. His butter-smooth voice is featured here on his first session for Riverside, CHET BAKER SINGS IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU. Of course, the great old chestnut in the title is not the only gem contained herein-Baker also swings and sings such great Rogers and Hart songs as "Do It the Hard Way, " My Heart Stood Still, " and "Dancing on the Ceiling. "Hearing the combination of Baker's lazy West Coast swing and the driving push of his East Coast sidemen on uptempo numbers like "You're Driving Me Crazy" or "My Heart Stood Still" is an undoubted treat, but it's smoky ballads such as "I'm Old Fashioned" and the swaying title track that win the most points. For lovers of great old songs sung with feeling, CHET BAKER SINGS IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU is hard to beat.

Chet Baker Sings

Music US