Once Upon a Summertime (Chet Baker album)

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Once Upon a Summertime
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedFebruary 20, 1977
StudioSound Ideas Studio, NYC
GenreJazz
Length40:35
LabelArtists House
AH 11
ProducerJohn Snyder
Chet Baker chronology
Deep in a Dream of You
(1976)
Once Upon a Summertime
(1980)
You Can't Go Home Again
(1977)

Once Upon a Summertime is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Artists House label in 1980.[1][2][3]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "The challenging material ("The Song Is You" is the only one of the five songs that is a standard) inspires the musicians to play creative solos".[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Tidal Breeze" (Harold Danko) – 6:49
  2. "Shifting Down" (Kenny Dorham) – 7:30
  3. "E.S.P." (Wayne Shorter) – 5:39
  4. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:15
  5. "Once Upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand) – 11:22

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 25, 2017
  2. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 25, 2017
  3. ^ Artists House discography accessed May 25, 2017
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Once Upon a Summertime – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.