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The Legendary Riverside Albums set provides a heaping helping of Baker’s years immediately after his breakthrough work with Gerry Mulligan, to wit, the four Riverside discs released between 1958 and 1959: Chet Baker in New York (RLP 1119); It Could Happen to You: Chet Baker Sings (RLP 1120); Chet (RLP 1135); and Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (RLP 1152). Chet’s the leader on each of these records and is backed by various combinations of some heavy hitter sidemen, including Bill Evans, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Kenny Drew, Johnny Griffin, Philly Joe Jones, Herbie Mann,
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Chet is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker first released in 1959. The record is sometimes subtitled The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker. Chet features performances by Baker with alto flautist Herbie Mann, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, pianist Bill Evans, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, and either Connie Kay or Philly Joe Jones playing drums. It was recorded in December 1958 and January 1959 and released on the Riverside label.
| 1 | 1 | Do It the Hard Way | ♡ | 3:01 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 1 | 2 | I’m Old Fashioned | ❤ | 5:05 | Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer |
| 1 | 3 | You’re Driving Me Crazy | ♡ | 2:55 | Walter Donaldson |
| 1 | 4 | It Could Happen to You | ♡ | 2:51 | Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke |
| 1 | 5 | My Heart Stood Still | ♡ | 3:28 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 1 | 6 | The More I See You | ♡ | 3:05 | Mack Gordon / Harry Warren |
| 1 | 7 | Everything Happens to Me | ♡ | 5:04 | Tom Adair / Matt Dennis |
| 1 | 8 | Dancing on the Ceiling | ♡ | 3:08 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 1 | 9 | How Long Has This Been Going On? | ♡ | 4:09 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin |
| 1 | 10 | Old Devil Moon | ♡ | 2:57 | Yip Harburg / Burton Lane |
| 2 | 1 | Fair Weather | ♡ | 6:58 | Benny Golson |
| 2 | 2 | Polka Dots and Moonbeams | ♡ | 7:57 | Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke |
| 2 | 3 | Hotel 49 | ♡ | 9:48 | Owen Eugene Marshall |
| 2 | 4 | Solar | ♡ | 5:52 | Miles Davis |
| 2 | 5 | Blue Thoughts | ♡ | 7:34 | Benny Golson |
| 2 | 6 | When Lights Are Low | ♡ | 6:49 | Benny Carter / Spencer Williams |
| 3 | 1 | Alone Together | ♡ | 6:52 | Arthur Schwartz / Schwartz & Dietz / Howard Dietz |
| 3 | 2 | How High the Moon | ♡ | 3:36 | Morgan Lewis / Nancy Hamilton |
| 3 | 3 | It Never Entered My Mind | ♡ | 4:40 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 3 | 4 | ’Tis Autumn | ♡ | 5:18 | Henry Nemo |
| 3 | 5 | If You Could See Me Now | ♡ | 5:16 | Tadd Dameron / Carl Sigman |
| 3 | 6 | September Song | ♡ | 3:04 | Kurt Weill / Maxwell Anderson |
| 3 | 7 | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To | ♡ | 4:31 | Cole Porter |
| 3 | 8 | Time on My Hands | ♡ | 4:31 | Mack Gordon / Harold Adamson / Vincent Youmans |
| 3 | 9 | You and the Night and the Music | ♡ | 4:06 | Arthur Schwartz / Howard Dietz |
| 4 | 1 | I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face | ♡ | 4:15 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 4 | 2 | I Could Have Danced All Night | ♡ | 3:43 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 4 | 3 | The Heather on the Hill | ♡ | 5:04 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 4 | 4 | On the Street Where You Live | ♡ | 8:36 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 4 | 5 | Almost Like Being in Love | ♡ | 4:53 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 4 | 6 | Thank Heaven for Little Girls | ♡ | 4:35 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 4 | 7 | I Talk to the Trees | ♡ | 5:51 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 4 | 8 | Show Me | ♡ | 6:30 | Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe |
| 5 | 1 | While My Lady Sleeps (take 10) | ♡ | 4:22 | Gus Kahn / Bronisław Kaper |
| 5 | 2 | You Make Me Feel So Young (take 5) | ♡ | 3:40 | Josef Myrow / Mack Gordon |
| 5 | 3 | The More I See You (take 8 / alternate) | ♡ | 2:49 | Mack Gordon / Harry Warren |
| 5 | 4 | Everything Happens to Me (take 2 / alternate) | ♡ | 4:53 | Tom Adair / Matt Dennis |
| 5 | 5 | Soft Winds | ♡ | 6:28 | Benny Goodman |
| 5 | 6 | Early Morning Mood | ♡ | 9:02 | Chet Baker |
Links
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0003320808
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Compilation Producer — Nick Phillips Editor — Julie Jigour, Ryan Jebavy Research — Steven P. Gorman, Brian Schuman, Chris Clough Supervised By — Mason Williams
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