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Released
  
April 14, 1954

Release date
  
1954

Label
  
Columbia Records

Artist
  
Chet Baker

Producer
  
Richard Bock

Genre
  
Jazz


Recorded
  
December 30-31, 1953 and February 20, 1954 Los Angeles, California

Length
  
36:47 (original LP) 46:05 (CD reissue)

Chet Baker & Strings (1954)
  
Jazz at Ann Arbor (1954)

Similar
  
Chet Baker albums, Jazz albums

Chet Baker & Strings is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in late 1953 and early 1954 and released on the Columbia label.

Contents

Reception

Lindsay Planer of Allmusic stated: "This release offers a unique glimpse of a young Chet Baker in a quintet setting, complemented by a nine-piece string section... The easygoing and otherwise winding strings support the cool bop like a kite in a March breeze — light, airy, and conspicuous only in altitude".

Track listing

  1. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 3:30
  2. "I'm Thru With Love" (Fud Livingston, Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck) - 2:39
  3. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:59
  4. "You Better Go Now" (Irvin Graham, Bickley Reichner) - 3:06
  5. "I Married An Angel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:37
  6. "Love" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) - 2:34
  7. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 2:48
  8. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) - 2:40
  9. "Why Shouldn't I?" (Cole Porter) - 3:35
  10. "A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet" (Jack Montrose) - 2:37
  11. "The Wind" (Russ Freeman) - 4:02
  12. "Trickleydidlier" (Shorty Rogers) - 2:40
  13. "You Don't Know What Love Is" [Alternate Take] (Raye, de Paul) - 3:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "You Better Go Now" [Alternate Take] (Reichner, Graham) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet" [Alternate Take] (Montrose) - 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 30, 1953 (tracks 3, 5, 10, 14 & 15), December 31, 1953 (tracks 1, 2, 9, 12 & 13) and February 20, 1954 (tracks 4, 6-8 & 11).

    • Personnel

  • Chet Baker - trumpet
  • Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 4, 6-8 & 11)
  • Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5, 9, 10 & 12-15)
  • Russ Freeman - piano
  • Joe Mondragon - bass
  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Sam Cytron, Jack Gasselin, George Kast, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin - violin
  • Lou Kievman, Paul Robyn - viola
  • Victor Gottlieb cello
  • Jack Montrose (tracks 4, 10, 14 & 15), Johnny Mandel (tracks 1, 6, 7, 11 & 13), Marty Paich (tracks 3 & 5), Shorty Rogers (tracks 2, 8, 9 & 12) - arrangers

    • Songs

    1You Don't Know What Love Is3:30
    2I'm Thru With Love2:39
    3Love Walked In2:58

    References

    Chet Baker & Strings Wikipedia
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