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Released
  
1960

Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1959)
  
Chet Is Back! (1962)

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
34:44

Artist
  
Chet Baker

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

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Recorded
  
September 28 & 29 and October 5, 1959 Milan, Italy

Similar
  
Chet Baker albums, Jazz albums

Deep in a dream chet baker with fifty italian strings


Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Italy in 1959 and released on the Jazzland label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 1½ stars stating "Fans will want this set but, due to the mundane string arrangements and the lack of variety, more general collectors should acquire his earlier jazz-oriented dates first".

Track listing

  1. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 2:46
  2. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:16
  3. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 2:30
  4. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:34
  5. "Forgetful" (George Handy, Jack Segal) - 4:59
  6. "Violets for Your Furs" (Dennis, Tom Adair) - 3:30
  7. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 4:32
  8. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 2:26
  9. "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) - 2:41
  10. "Deep in a Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:30
  • Recorded in Milan, Italy on September 28 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 10), September 29 (tracks 1, 3 & 8) and October 5 (tracks 5, 6 & 9), 1959.

    • Personnel

  • Chet Baker - trumpet, vocals
  • Mario Pezzotta - trombone
  • Glauco Masetti - alto saxophone
  • Gianni Basso - tenor saxophone
  • Fausto Papetti - baritone saxophone
  • Giulio Libano - piano, celeste
  • Franco Cerri - bass
  • Gene Voctory - drums
  • Len Mercer - arranger, conductor
  • Unidentified string section

    • Songs

    1I Should Care2:45
    2Violets for Your Furs3:17
    3The Song Is You2:31

    References

    Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings Wikipedia
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