Chet Baker- String Sessions (CD)

Chet Baker was one of the Jazz greats. A trumpeter with a cool and mellow style. He made the unusual decision for a jazz musician to make albums with string sections recording several albums in this style during his almost 40 year career. This set features the first two full albums, Chet Baker and Strings (1954) and 50 Italian Strings (1959) plus a pair of bonus tracks. Both albums have been meticulously restored with many imperfections inherent in early tape recordings rectified. The Italian album receives a much-needed remix to put Chet’s singing and playing front and centre for the first time instead of being relegated to one side in the original mix.

Track List

1. You Don’t Know What Love Is
2. I’m Thru with Love
3. Love Walked in
4. You Better Go Now
5. I Married An Angel
6. Love
7. I Love You
8. What a Diff’rence a Day Made
9. Why Shouldn’t I
10. A Little Duet (For Zoot ; Chet)
11. The Wind
12. Trickleydidlier
13. Someone to Watch Over Me
14. I Should Care
15. Violets for Your Furs
16. The Song Is You
17. When I Fall in Love
18. Goodbye
19. Autumn in New York
20. Angel Eyes
21. Street of Dreams
22. Forgetful
23. Deep in a Dream
24. My Funny Valentine