Chet Baker Sings Vinyl Review

Although many of the same tracks show up on other albums and compilations this album is the best place to start for chet baker newcomers and or chet fans confused about the best albums or values out there.

Chet baker sings vinyl review. When the 24 year old california based trumpeter started his vocal career in 1954 his singing was revolutionary. Although many of the same tracks show up on other albums and compilations this album is the best place to start for chet baker newcomers and or chet fans confused about the best albums or values out there. Chet baker had two careers. The album itself 5 stars while the vinyl pressing gets.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1956 vinyl release of chet baker sings on discogs. Buying from amazon gets you the cd plus the digital copy. Closely related to ratings these paragraphs give you first hand and detailed information from real world users about their chet baker sings vinyl. Through the mid 1950s he was one of the biggest stars in jazz a strikingly beautiful man who played trumpet and also sang in a strange and androgynous voice that.

Do yourself a favor. Chet baker sings is one of the best examples of what made baker stand out from the crowd in the mid 50s. I didn t have super high hopes for this album. As gerald heard s liner notes point out it s difficult to decide whether chet baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet.

As delicate and clear as his trumpet playing with a similarly bright and vibrato free tone baker simply didn t sound like any previous. Chet baker sings was originally released in 1954 pjlp 11 but two years later it was re released with additional newly recorded material as pj 1222 which is what blue note have chosen to release here as part of the tone poet series. This is the original chet baker sings. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2020 180g gatefold vinyl release of chet baker sings on discogs.

The album in my opinion is nearly equal to sings a different enough sound to not be chet baker sings part two i highly recommend. Find album reviews stream songs credits and award information for the best of chet baker sings chet baker on allmusic 1989 to much of the pop as opposed to the jazz.