Chet Baker - Chet Baker sings - Original 1956 / 1998 torrent

Chet Baker Sings is the debut vocal album by Chet Baker, released in
1956 by Pacific Jazz Records.

It is a classic of West Coast cool jazz.

Ornette Coleman's insights are well worth paying attention to, and he certainly hit the nail on the head when discussing Chet Baker's singing. To paraphrase Coleman, Baker may not have had much of a voice, but that didn't stop him from grabbing you with it emotionally.

As a singer, Baker didn't have had the range of Mel Torme or Billy Eckstine - but he had a soulfulness, a vulnerability that could send chills up your spine. And there's no shortage of soul on Chet Baker Sings, a reissue boasting Pacific Jazz sides from 1954 and 1956.

This is young Baker with all of his boyish charm, and "cool jazz" doesn't get any more moving than the versions of "My Funny Valentine," "Time After Time" and "But Not For Me" found on this CD. A gem that dates back to World War I and laments the death of an army friend in combat, "My Buddy" may have been written before Baker was even born - yet in the trumpeter/singer's hands, it sounds like such a very personal reflection on the value of friendship.
Highly recommended.



Chet Baker

Chet Baker sings

1956



CD / 1998 / 320Kbps



Tracklist:

01 - THAT OLD FEELING

02 - IT'S ALWAYS YOU

03 - LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE

04 - MY IDEAL

05 - I'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE

06 - MY BUDDY

07 - BUT NOT FOR ME

08 - TIME AFTER TIME

09 - I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL

10 - MY FUNNY VALENTINE

11 - THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU

12 - THE THRILL IS GONE

13 - I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY

14 - LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING




Personnel:

Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet)

Russ Freeman (piano, celeste)

James Bond, Carson Smith (bass)

Peter Littman, Lawrence Marable, Bob Neel (drums)




Recorded at the Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, California on July 23 & 30, 1956 and at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California on February 15, 1954




Straight, no chaser.
:)