Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings
| Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | September 28 & 29 and October 5, 1959 Milan, Italy | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:44 | |||
| Label | Jazzland JLP 21 | |||
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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.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is more positive, describing the album as “a good one of its kind”, and awarding 3 stars.[3]
Track listing[edit]
- "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 2:46
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:16
- "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:30
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:34
- "Forgetful" (George Handy, Jack Segal) – 4:59
- "Violets for Your Furs" (Dennis, Tom Adair) – 3:30
- "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 3:32
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:26
- "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) – 2:41
- "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[edit]
- 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 Victory – drums
- Len Mercer – arranger, conductor
- Unidentified string section
References[edit]
- ^ Chet Baker discography accessed August 14, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed August 14, 2013
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
