Chet Baker Sings

Studio album by Chet Baker

Released

April/May 1954^[1]

Recorded

February 15, 1954

Genre

West Coast jazz, cool jazz, vocal jazz

Length

43:55 LP/CD reissue

Label

Pacific Jazz

Producer

Richard Bock

Chet Baker chronology

Chet Baker in Europe
(1956)

Chet Baker
(1956)

Live in Europe 1956
(1956)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Chet Baker Sings is the debut vocal album by jazz musician Chet Baker, released in 1954 by Pacific Jazz Records. In 2001, the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.^[3]

Track listing

Original LP (Pacific PJLP-11)

"But Not For Me" - 3:04
"Time After Time" - 2:46
"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" - 2:59
"My Funny Valentine" - 2:21
"There Will Never Be Another You" - 3:00
"The Thrill Is Gone" - 2:51
"I Fall In Love Too Easily" - 3:21
"Look for the Silver Lining" - 2:39

1956 LP reissue (Pacific PJ-1222)

This issue features additional tracks 1-6, which were recorded on July 23 and 30, 1956.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That Old Feeling"	Lew Brown, Sammy Cahn	3:03
2.	"It's Always You"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	3:35
3.	"Like Someone in Love"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	2:26
4.	"My Ideal"	Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting	4:22
5.	"I've Never Been In Love Before"	Frank Loesser	4:29
6.	"My Buddy"	Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn	3:19

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"But Not For Me"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	3:04
8.	"Time After Time"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	2:46
9.	"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)"	Hoagy Carmichael	2:59
10.	"My Funny Valentine"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	2:21
11.	"There Will Never Be Another You"	Harry Warren, Mack Gordon	3:00
12.	"The Thrill Is Gone"	Lew Brown, Ray Henderson	2:51
13.	"I Fall In Love Too Easily"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	3:21
14.	"Look for the Silver Lining"	Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva	2:39

Personnel

Chet Baker - vocals, trumpet
Russ Freeman - piano, celesta
Carson Smith - double bass
Joe Mondragon - double bass
Bob Neel - drums
Jimmy Bond - double bass
Larance Marable - drums
Peter Littman - drums

Production

Richard Bock – producer
Gerald Heard – liner notes
William Claxton – photography

References

↑ Billboard May 8, 1954
↑ Mason, Stewart. Chet Baker Sings at AllMusic
↑ Grammy.com

Chet Baker
Discography
Pacific Jazz	Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953) Grey December (1953) West Coast Live (1953-54 [1997]) Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954) The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (1954) Chet Baker Sings (1954) Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1955) Chet Baker in Europe (1955) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Playboys (1956) Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (1956) Embraceable You (1957) Pretty/Groovy (1953-1957 [1958]) A Taste of Tequila (1966) In the Mood (1966) Into My Life (1966)
Riverside/Jazzland	(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958) Chet Baker in New York (1958) Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace (1958) Chet (1959) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) Chet Baker in Milan (1959) Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1959)
Prestige	Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965)
Enja	Strollin' (1985)
Other labels	Witch Doctor (1953) Chet Baker & Strings (1954) Stan Meets Chet (1958) Chet Is Back! (1962) Albert's House (1969) Blood, Chet and Tears (1970) She Was Too Good to Me (1974) At Capolinea (1984) Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma (1985) Candy (1985)
As sideman	Reunion with Chet Baker (with Gerry Mulligan, 1957) A Sign of the Times (with Joe Pass, 1965) Silence (with Charlie Haden , 1987)
Documentaries	Let's Get Lost (1988)
Scores	Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959)
Category

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.