The Best Thing for You (album)

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The Best Thing for You
Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedFebruary 16, 21 & 22 and May 13, 1977
StudioSound Ideas Studio, NYC
GenreJazz
Length41:10
LabelA&M
CD 0832
ProducerDon Sebesky
Chet Baker chronology
You Can't Go Home Again
(1977)
The Best Thing for You
(1989)
The Incredible Chet Baker Plays and Sings
(1977)

The Best Thing for You is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1977 but not released on the A&M label until 1989, after the performer's death.[1][2] The tracks were rereleased as part of the double CD reissue of You Can't Go Home Again in 2000 with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This CD features previously unissued material from the same sessions that resulted in You Can't Go Home Again and, if anything, the music is a touch better. ... Throughout, Chet Baker shows that his playing during his much documented final period would be equal if not superior to his more acclaimed recordings of the 1950s".[3]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) – 4:20
  2. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" (George Bassman, Ned Washington/ Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 6:05
  3. "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:38
  4. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 5:49
  5. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:43
  6. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 17:13

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 25, 2017
  2. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 25, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Best Thing for You – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2017.