Chet Baker expanded from rising jazz star to pop star with the smoldering emotional performances on his first set to feature vocals. Baker had played with saxophonists Vido Musso, Stan Getz, and Charlie Parker before finding success with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. When Mulligan went to jail a year later, Baker started his own quartet and released 'Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman'. The next year executives at Pacific Jazz thought with his chiseled good looks he could become a teen idol and convinced Baker to do an album with vocals. 'Chet Baker Sings' was recorded with Chet Baker on vocals and trumpet; Kenny Drew on piano; Sam Jones, George Morrow, Carson Smith, and Jimmy Bond on bass; Philly Joe Jones, Dannie Richmond, Peter Littman, Larance Marable, Bob Neal on drums; and Russ Freeman on piano and celeste. The original 1954 release was only a ten inch; and two years later it was re-released as a full album with an additional six songs recorded during the interim. All of the sessions were produced by Richard Bock. While Baker's voice has its limitations, the simplicity of his delivery evokes an intimate romantic quality.
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'Chet Baker Sings'
full album:
"That Old Feeling" (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown) – 3:03
"It's Always You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:35
"Like Someone in Love" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 2:26
"My Ideal" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, Newell Chase) – 4:22
"I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 4:29
"My Buddy" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 3:19
"But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:04
"Time After Time" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 2:46
"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:59
"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:21
"There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:00
"The Thrill is Gone" (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) – 2:51
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Styne, Cahn) – 3:21
"Look for the Silver Lining" (Jerome Kern, Buddy De Sylva) – 2:39
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