Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | July 21 & 22, 1959 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:02 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 12-307 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker featuring show tunes by Lerner and Loewe which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Riverside label.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork | 5.5/10[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[6] |
Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars stating "these readings are comparatively understated. That said, the timelessness of the melodies, coupled with the assembled backing aggregate, make Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) a memorable concept album".[2]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - 4:16
- "I Could Have Danced All Night" - 3:43
- "The Heather on the Hill" - 5:04
- "On the Street Where You Live" - 8:37
- "Almost Like Being in Love" - 4:53
- "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - 4:35
- "I Talk to the Trees" - 5:51
- "Show Me" - 6:30
- Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on July 21 (tracks 2 & 6-8) and July 22 (tracks 1 & 3-5), 1959.
Personnel[edit]
- Chet Baker - trumpet
- Herbie Mann - flute, tenor saxophone
- Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
- Bob Corwin (tracks 1 & 3-5), Bill Evans (tracks 2 & 6-8) - piano
- Earl May - bass
- Clifford Jarvis - drums
References[edit]
- ^ Chet Baker discography accessed August 14, 2013
- ^ a b Planer, L. Allmusic listing accessed August 14, 2013
- ^ Richardson, Mark (27 November 2019). "Chet Baker: The Legendary Riverside Albums Album Review". Pitchfork.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Hull, Tom (December 2013). "Recycled Goods (#115)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
