Chet Baker – The Hits (Vinyl LP)

Description

**THIS IS A VINYL LP**

Release Date:  2019

Label:  New Continent

Track List

Side A

1. My Funny Valentine
2. I’ve Never Been In Love Before
3. I Fall In Love Too Easily
4. Alone Together
5. But Not For Me
6. Let’S Get Lost
7. Deep In A Dream

Side B

1. You Don’t Know What Love Is
2. Time After Time
3. It Could Happen To You
4. Just Friends
5. Everything Happens To Me
6. Summertime
7. My Funny Valentine #2

Notes

In his dual role as a trumpeter and as a singer, Chet Baker was one of the undisputed jazz masters, able to reach climaxes of intense feeling and intimacy. This LP compiles some of his best performances. Among the highlights are “My Funny Valentine”, a song Baker made into a classic, “Deep in a Dream”, “Alone Together” (featuring Bill Evans), and “Let’s Get Lost”.

PERSONNEL:

• CHET BAKER, vocals & trumpet on all tracks, plus:

• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL : Herbie Mann (fl), Pepper Adams (bar), Russ Freeman, Bill Evans, Kenny Drew (p), Carson Smith, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Jimmy Bond (b), Bob Neel, Connie Kay, Philly Joe Jones (d), among others.

Recorded between 1954 & 1959.