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This release offers a unique glimpse of a young Chet Baker in a quintet setting, complemented by a nine-piece string section. Utilizing the uniquely modern arrangements of Johnny Mandel, Marty Paich, Jack Montrose, and Shorty Rogers, this interaction of "West Coast cool" with primordial elevator music escapes many -- if not indeed all -- of the potential sonic pitfalls such a marriage might suggest. In the truest sense of the word augmentation, the string arrangements provide the desired opulence sans the heavy-handed or syrupy residual effects. Perhaps most inspiring about this outing is the success with which Baker and crew
| 1 | You Don’t Know What Love Is | ♡ | 3:30 | Gene de Paul / Don Raye |
| 2 | I’m Thru with Love | ♡ | 2:39 | Gus Kahn / Fud Livingston / Matty Malneck |
| 3 | Love Walked In | ♡ | 2:58 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin |
| 4 | You Better Go Now | ♡ | 3:06 | Bickley Reichner / Irvin Graham |
| 5 | I Married an Angel | ♡ | 3:36 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 6 | Love | ♡ | 2:38 | Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin |
| 7 | I Love You | ♡ | 2:48 | Cole Porter |
| 8 | What a Diff’rence a Day Made | ♡ | 2:40 | Stanley Adams / María Grever |
| 9 | Why Shouldn’t I? | ♡ | 3:34 | Cole Porter |
| 10 | A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet | ♡ | 2:35 | Jack Montrose |
| 11 | The Wind | ♡ | 4:00 | Russ Freeman |
| 12 | Trickleydidlier | ♡ | 2:38 | Shorty Rogers |
| 13 | You Don’t Know What Love Is (alternate) | ♡ | 3:33 | Gene de Paul / Don Raye |
| 14 | You Better Go Now (2) | ♡ | 3:08 | Bickley Reichner / Irvin Graham |
| 15 | A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet (alternate) | ♡ | 2:41 | Jack Montrose |
Links
- Folder:
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000690407
Credits
Bass — Joe Mondragon Drums — Shelly Manne Featuring — Russ Freeman, Bud Shank, Zoot Sims Piano — Russ Freeman Saxophone — Bud Shank Tenor Saxophone — Zoot Sims, Jack Montrose Producer — Richard Bock Strings — Eudice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin, George Kast, Jacques Gasselin, Louis Kievman, Paul Robyn, Paul Shure, Samuel Cytron, Victor Gottlieb Trumpet — Chet Baker
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