Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Chet Baker Sings
| Recorded | Feb 15, 1954 & Jul 30, 1956 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1954 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 60289 |
The record
Baker's voice here, thin and unschooled, sits as close-miked as his horn, with Russ Freeman's piano keeping the frame spare. The record that made West Coast cool sound like confession, and after-hours romanticism its permanent address.
Session personnel
- Carson Smith — bass
- Jimmy Bond — bass
- Joe Mondragon — bass
- Bob Neel — drums
- Lawrence Marable — drums
- Peter Littman — drums
- Shelly Manne — drums
- Russ Freeman — piano, celesta [celeste]
- Chet Baker — vocals, trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file is the 1954 Pacific Jazz PJLP-11, a 10-inch in mono, repressed in 1955. The full-size LP is PJ-1222, listed here from 1956 on Pacific Jazz and again in 1957 on World Pacific with a deep groove. UK buyers will meet Vogue LDE 182, a 1956 10-inch with a laminated sleeve, and LAE 12164 from 1959, one copy of which is flat edge. The 2020 Blue Note Tone Poet, B0031300-01, is mono, 180 gram and gatefold.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 107 pressings on file.
| 1954 | Pacific Jazz · PJLP-11 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 2020 | Blue Note · B0031300-01 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, 180g, Gatefold Tone Poet · gatefold |
| 1957 | World Pacific Records · PJ-1222 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · deep groove |
| 1957 | World Pacific Records · PJ-1222 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · deep groove |
| 1954 | Pacific Jazz · EP 4-16 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Album, EP, Mono · gatefold |
| 1955 | Pacific Jazz · PJLP-11 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Repress |
| 1956 | Pacific Jazz · PJ-1222 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1956 | Vogue Records · LDE-182 — Vinyl, 10", LP, Factory Sample |
| 1956 | Vogue Records · LDE 182 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album · laminated sleeve |
| 1956 | Pacific Jazz · PJ-1222 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1959 | Vogue Records · LAE 12164 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1959 | Hi-Fi Jazz · Jazz-101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1959 | Vogue Records · LAE 12164 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Flat Edge · flat edge |
| 1964 | World Pacific Records · 1826 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
Carson Smith also plays on
Jimmy Bond also plays on
Joe Mondragon also plays on