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･ 180g LP - AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

CHET BAKER， trumpet & vocals; DAVID “BUCK” WHEAT， guitar; ROSS SAVAKUS， bass. New York， December 9， 1957. Original session produced by Richard Bock.
*BONUS TRACK (B7): Chet Baker (tp， vcl)， Kenny Drew (p)， Sam Jones (b)， Philly Joe Jones (d). New York， August， 1958.

Side A:
1. THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY (Matt Dennis-Tom Adair)
2. LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) [instrumental]
3. EMBRACEABLE YOU (George & Ira Gershwin)
4. THEY ALL LAUGHED (George & Ira Gershwin)
5. THERE’S A LULL IN MY LIFE (Mack Gordon-Harry Revel)
6. WHAT IS THERE TO SAY? (Vernon Duke-E.Y. Yip Harburg)
7. WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS (Bronislaw Kaper-Gus Kahn)
Side B:
1. FORGETFUL (George Handy-Jack Segal)
2. HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? (George & Ira Gershwin)
3. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer)
4. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET (Bronislaw Kaper-Ned Washington)
5. LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) [vocal]
6. TRAV’LIN LIGHT (Jimmy Mundy-Trummy Young-Johnny Mercer)
7. WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS (Bronislaw Kaper-Gus Kahn) [alternative version] *

Presented here is the complete original Chet Baker album Embraceable You， consisting of an outstanding trio date featuring the leader playing the trumpet and singing in his most romantic mood backer by just guitar and bass. While this kind of formation would become a standard setting for Chet in his later years， it is quite unusual for 1957， when the session was recorded.
The complementing talents of Chet Baker (1929-1988) both as a trumpet player and as a singer are now well known. Chet’s trumpet and voice seem to be extensions of the same musical personality， and once you’ve become familiar with both facets of Baker， you expect to hear them both. However， his first vocal album was a revelation at the time and won Baker new fame and a new audience， which was less familiar with jazz than with pop music. The reasons are quite clear: Chet’s voice is tender and beautiful， and at the same time his phrasing always swings and surprises. This revelation is confirmed on Will MacFarland’s original 10-inch album’s liner notes to Chet Baker Sings， on which he compared Chet with Louis Armstrong. In 1955 Chet undertook his first European tour – an ill-fated trip during which the quartet’s young pianist， Dick Twardzik， died from a heroin overdose at the age of 24. This would affect Chet’s personality and speed up his own addiction. Baker returned to the United States in early 1956. It Could Happen to You， recorded a couple of years after Chet’s return to the United States， was his second album devoted solely to his singing. However， he would still produce completely instrumental albums， such as Chet Baker & Crew， recorded in 1956. With him were the same bassist and drummer from his European adventure， Jimmy Bond and Peter Littman， plus tenor saxophonist Phil Urso and pianist Bobby Timmons， who in a couple of years would gain recognition after becoming a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.