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With the growing popularity of Chet Baker's first vocal album, Chet Baker Sings, Pacific Jazz producer Richard Bock wanted to capitalize on both facets of his young star's abilities. Hence, the trumpeter turned vocalist entered the studio in 1955 with both his quartet featuring pianist Russ Freeman and an expanded sextet including bassist Red Mitchell, Bud Shank on flute, and various string players. The resulting album, Chet Baker Sings and Plays, helped set in stone the image of Baker as the jazz world's matinee idol and icon of '50s West Coast cool. His laid-back style -- a mix of '30s crooner and Miles Davis' nonet recordings -- appealed in its immediacy to a jazz public tiring of the hyper, athletic musicality of bebop. Similarly, his plaintive, warm trumpet sound was the more sensitive antidote to such brassy kings as Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown. Others artists had performed many of these standards before, but as with "My Funny Valentine" on Chet Baker Sings, tracks like "Let's Get Lost," "Long Ago and Far Away," and "Just Friends" became definitively associated with Baker for the rest of his career. Chet Baker Sings and Chet Baker Sings and Plays are not only the two most important albums of Baker's career, but are classics of jazz. [The 2004 EMI reissue of Chet Baker Sings and Plays includes an EP version of "Let's Get Lost" not included on the original album.]
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FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
MARTY PAICH, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Corky Hale, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Warren, Composer - Mack Gordon, Author - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Reher, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Kramer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Lustgarten, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Campo, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
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Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leo Robin, Composer - Ralph Rainger, Composer - Richard Bock, Producer - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Piano, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
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MARTY PAICH, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - JOHNNY MANDEL, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Corky Hale, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Piano, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Reher, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Kramer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Lustgarten, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Campo, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
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Sam M. Lewis, Composer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Klenner, Composer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
MARTY PAICH, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Corky Hale, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Warren, Composer - Mack Gordon, Composer - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Reher, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Kramer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Lustgarten, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Campo, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Harold Adamson, ComposerLyricist - FERDE GROFE, ComposerLyricist
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Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gene DePaul, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Don Raye, Composer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
MARTY PAICH, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Corky Hale, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Reher, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Kramer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Lustgarten, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Campo, Composer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Schertzinger, ComposerLyricist - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Piano, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Russ Freeman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer - Bob Neel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Album review
With the growing popularity of Chet Baker's first vocal album, Chet Baker Sings, Pacific Jazz producer Richard Bock wanted to capitalize on both facets of his young star's abilities. Hence, the trumpeter turned vocalist entered the studio in 1955 with both his quartet featuring pianist Russ Freeman and an expanded sextet including bassist Red Mitchell, Bud Shank on flute, and various string players. The resulting album, Chet Baker Sings and Plays, helped set in stone the image of Baker as the jazz world's matinee idol and icon of '50s West Coast cool. His laid-back style -- a mix of '30s crooner and Miles Davis' nonet recordings -- appealed in its immediacy to a jazz public tiring of the hyper, athletic musicality of bebop. Similarly, his plaintive, warm trumpet sound was the more sensitive antidote to such brassy kings as Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown. Others artists had performed many of these standards before, but as with "My Funny Valentine" on Chet Baker Sings, tracks like "Let's Get Lost," "Long Ago and Far Away," and "Just Friends" became definitively associated with Baker for the rest of his career. Chet Baker Sings and Chet Baker Sings and Plays are not only the two most important albums of Baker's career, but are classics of jazz. [The 2004 EMI reissue of Chet Baker Sings and Plays includes an EP version of "Let's Get Lost" not included on the original album.]
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:53
- Main artists: Chet Baker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Pacific Jazz
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 1955 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
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