Chet Baker Sings

Studio album by Chet Baker

Released

April/May 1954^[1]

Recorded

February 15, 1954

Genre

West Coast jazz, cool jazz, vocal jazz

Length

43:55 LP/CD reissue

Label

Pacific Jazz

Producer

Richard Bock

Chet Baker chronology

Chet Baker in Europe
(1956)

Chet Baker
(1956)

Live in Europe 1956
(1956)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Chet Baker Sings is the debut vocal album by jazz musician Chet Baker, released in 1954 by Pacific Jazz Records. In 2001, the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.^[3]

Track listing

Original LP (Pacific PJLP-11)

"But Not For Me" - 3:04
"Time After Time" - 2:46
"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" - 2:59
"My Funny Valentine" - 2:21
"There Will Never Be Another You" - 3:00
"The Thrill Is Gone" - 2:51
"I Fall In Love Too Easily" - 3:21
"Look for the Silver Lining" - 2:39

1956 LP reissue (Pacific PJ-1222)

This issue features additional tracks 1-6, which were recorded on July 23 and 30, 1956.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That Old Feeling"	Lew Brown, Sammy Cahn	3:03
2.	"It's Always You"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	3:35
3.	"Like Someone in Love"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	2:26
4.	"My Ideal"	Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting	4:22
5.	"I've Never Been In Love Before"	Frank Loesser	4:29
6.	"My Buddy"	Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn	3:19

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"But Not For Me"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	3:04
8.	"Time After Time"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	2:46
9.	"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)"	Hoagy Carmichael	2:59
10.	"My Funny Valentine"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	2:21
11.	"There Will Never Be Another You"	Harry Warren, Mack Gordon	3:00
12.	"The Thrill Is Gone"	Lew Brown, Ray Henderson	2:51
13.	"I Fall In Love Too Easily"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	3:21
14.	"Look for the Silver Lining"	Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva	2:39

Personnel

Chet Baker - vocals, trumpet
Russ Freeman - piano, celesta
Carson Smith - double bass
Joe Mondragon - double bass
Bob Neel - drums
Jimmy Bond - double bass
Lawrence Marable - drums
Peter Littman - drums

Production

Richard Bock – producer
Gerald Heard – liner notes
William Claxton – photography

References

↑ Billboard May 8, 1954
↑ Mason, Stewart. Chet Baker Sings at AllMusic
↑ Grammy.com

Chet Baker

Discography

Blue Note	Quartet Live, Vol. 1: This Time the Dream's on Me (1953) Quartet Live, Vol. 2: Out of Nowhere (1954) Quartet Live, Vol. 3: My Old Flame (1954)

Pacific Jazz	The Chet Baker Quartet (1953) Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman (1953) Grey December (1953) West Coast Live (1953-54 [1997]) Chet Baker Sextet (1954) Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954) The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (1954) Chet Baker Sings (1954) Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1955) Chet Baker in Europe (1955) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Playboys (1956) Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker (1956) Embraceable You (1957) Pretty/Groovy (1953-1957 [1958]) A Taste of Tequila (1966) Hats Off!!! (1966) Double Shot (1966) In the Mood (1966) Into My Life (1966) Quietly, There (1966)

Riverside/Jazzland	(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958) Chet Baker in New York (1958) Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace (1958) Chet (1959) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) Chet Baker in Milan (1959) Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1959)

Prestige	Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965) Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965)

SteepleChase	Day Break (1979) Live in Montmartre, Vol. 2 (1979) No Problem (1979) Someday My Prince Will Come (1979) The Touch of Your Lips (1979) This Is Always (1979) Diane (1985) When Sunny Gets Blue (1986)

Enja	Together (1979) Peace (1982) Strollin' (1985) My Favourite Songs, Vols. 1-2: The Last Great Concert (1988) Oh You Crazy Moon (1988) Straight from the Heart (1988)

Circle	Just Friends (1980) Live at the Subway, Vols. 1 & 2 (1980) Night Bird (1980) Tune Up (1980) My Funny Valentine (1980) 'Round Midnight (1980) In Your Own Sweet Way (1980) I Remember You (1980) Conception (1980) Down (1980) It Never Entered My Mind (1980)

Timeless	Mr. B (1983) There'll Never Be Another You (1985) As Time Goes By (1986) Farewell (1988)

Other labels	Inglewood Jam: Bird and Chet Live at the Trade Winds (1952) Chet Baker: Live at the Trade Winds (1952) Gerry Mulligan Quartet Featuring Chet Baker (1952) L.A. Get Together (1953) Haig '53: The Other Piano-less Quartet (1953) Witch Doctor (1953) Chet Baker & Strings (1954) My Funny Valentine (1954) In Europe, 1955 (1955) Kolin Concert (1955) At the Forum Theater (1956) Chet Baker Cools Out (1956) Live in Europe (1956) Stan Meets Chet (1958) Italian Movies: Music of Piero Umiliani (1962) Chet Is Back! (1962) Somewhere over the Rainbow (1962) Brussels 1964 (1964) Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1964) Stella by Starlight (1964) Baby Breeze (1965) Baker's Holiday: Plays and Sings Billie Holiday (1965) Live at Pueblo, Colorado (1966) Albert's House (1969) Blood, Chet and Tears (1970) She Was Too Good to Me (1974) Once Upon a Summertime (1977) The Best Thing for You (1977) You Can't Go Home Again (1977) The Incredible Chet Baker Plays and Sings (1977) At le Dreher (1978) Broken Wings (1978) Live at Nick's (1978) Live in Chateauvallon, 1978 (1978) Sings, Plays: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978) Two a Day (1978) 79 (1979) Ballads for Two (1979) Chet Baker with Wolfgang Lackerschmid (1979) With Special Guests (1979) Chet Baker & Steve Houben (1980) Chet Baker and the Boto Brazilian Quartet (1980) Burnin' at Backstreet (1980) Live at the Paris Festival (1981) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1981) Live in Paris (1981) In Concert (1982) Out of Nowhere (1982) Studio Trieste (1982) Club 21 Paris, Vol. 1 (1983) Live at New Morning (1983) Live in Sweden with Ake Johansson Trio (1983) September Songs (1983) Star Eyes (1983) The Improviser (1983) At Capolinea (1984) Blues for a Reason (1984) Line for Lyons (1984) Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma (1985) Candy (1985) Chet Baker in Bologna (1985) Chet's Choice (1985) Hazy Hugs (1985) Live from the Moonlight (1985) Misty (1985) My Foolish Heart (1985) Sings Again (1985) Symphonically (1985) Time After Time (1985) Tune Up (1985) Chet Baker Featuring Van Morrison Live at Ronnie Scott's (1986) A Night at the Shalimar (1987) Chet Baker in Tokyo (1987) Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film “Let's Get Lost” (1987) Four: Live in Tokyo, vol. 2 (1987) Silent Nights: A Christmas Jazz Album (1987) Welcome Back (1987) Blåmann! Blåmann! (1988) In Memory Of (1988) Little Girl Blue (1988) The Heart of the Ballad (1988)

As sideman	Reunion with Chet Baker (with Gerry Mulligan, 1957) A Sign of the Times (with Joe Pass, 1965) Silence (with Charlie Haden , 1987)

Documentaries	Let's Get Lost (1988)

Scores	Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959) Ore rubate (1963) Tromba fredda (1963) Nudi per vivere (1964) Notte più lunga (1964)

Films	Urlatori alla sbarra as himself (1960) Tromba fredda (1963)

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