BAKER,CHET
SINGS (BONUS TRACK - 180 GRAM) - LP

UPC: 8436563185816
Label: NUMBER ONE ESSENTIAL
Format: LP
Release Date: October 18, 2024
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The complementary talents of Chet Baker (1929-1988), both as a trumpet player and as a singer, are now well known, and Will MacFarland's original liner notes for the 10-inch LP Chet Baker Sings, on which he compared Chet with Louis Armstrong, still seem quite appropriate. Both his trumpet and his voice seem to be extensions of the same musical personality, and once you've become familiar with both facets of Baker, you expect to hear them both.

This album was initially issued in 1954 as a 10-inch Long Play containing eight songs. Its success soon led to it being reissued as a 12" LP, with the addition of material from later 1956 sessions. On all of them Chet is backed by Russ Freeman on piano, who was a member of the trumpeter's regular group at the time.

This edition presents all of the songs from the 12" LP plus one bonus track from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER - (vocals & trumpet on all tracks), plus:

ON A1-A2 & A5: Russ Freeman (p), Jimmy Bond (b), Peter Littman (d).
Forum Theater, Los Angeles, July 23, 1956.
ON A3-A4 & A6: Russ Freeman (p, celeste), Jimmy Bond (b), Lawrence Marable (d).
Forum Theater, Los Angeles, July 30, 1956.
ON B1-B5 & B7-B8: Russ Freeman (p), Carson Smith (b), Bob Neel (d).
Los Angeles, February 15, 1954.
ON B6: Russ Freeman (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Los Angeles, October 27, 1953.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
Chet Baker (tp, vc), Russ Freeman (p), Carson Smith (b), Bob Neel (d).
Los Angeles, March 7, 1955.

TRACK LIST:

A1 THAT OLD FEELING
A2 IT’S ALWAYS YOU
A3 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
A4 MY IDEAL
A5 I’VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE
A6 MY BUDDY
A7 JUST FRIENDS (*)

B1 BUT NOT FOR ME
B2 TIME AFTER TIME
B3 I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL
B4 MY FUNNY VALENTINE
B5 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
B6 THE THRILL IS GONE
B7 I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY