Mulligan,Gerry & Baker,Chet - Coolest Of The Cool: 1952-53 - VINYL LP

Chet Baker - Chet [VINYL LP] UK - Import date 10/27/2017

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; 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 InchDo It the Hard Way, Inch My Heart Stood Still, Inch and InchDancing on the Ceiling. InchHearing the combination of Baker's lazy West Coast swing and the driving push of his East Coast sidemen on uptempo numbers like InchYou're Driving Me CrazyInch or InchMy Heart Stood StillInch is an undoubted treat, but it's smoky ballads such as InchI'm Old FashionedInch 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.

Limited edition 2011 reissue on 180-gram vinyl. Until this album's initial in 1956, Chet was known strictly as a trumpeter. A remarkably talented trumpeter. InchChet Baker SingsInch changed that, and Chet became a noted singer, too. Originally produced in 1956 as just a 10Inch LP, this 2011 reissue features 14 tracks that showcase his strengths at the mic. His warm vocals embrace a song just as his trumpet does. How can you resist his renditions of InchThat Old Feeling,Inch InchIt's Always You,Inch InchBut Not for Me,Inch InchThere Will Never Be Another YouInch and later songs such as InchTime after TimeInch and InchThe Thrill Is Gone.Inch Joining him on the album are pianist Russ Freeman, bassist Carson Smith and drummer Bob Neel.