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Chet Baker It Could Happen to You (APE+CUE)

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Chet Baker - It Could Happen to You (APE+CUE)

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The ultra-hip and sophisticated "cool jazz" that Chet Baker (trumpet/vocals) helped define in the early '50s matured rapidly under the tutelage of producer Dick Bock. This can be traced to Baker's earliest sides on Bock's L.A.-based Pacific Jazz label. This album is the result of Baker's first sessions for the independent Riverside label. The Chet Baker Quartet featured on Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You includes Kenny Drew (piano), Sam Jones (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). (Performances by bassist George Morrow and drummer Dannie Richmond are featured on a few cuts.) This results in the successful combination of Baker's fluid and nonchalant West Coast delivery with the tight swinging accuracy of drummer Jones and pianist Drew. Nowhere is this balance better displayed than the opening and closing sides on the original album, "Do It the Hard Way" and "Old Devil Moon," respectively. One immediate distinction between these vocal sides and those recorded earlier in the decade for Pacific Jazz is the lissome quality of Baker's playing and, most notably, his increased capacity as a vocalist. The brilliant song selection certainly doesn't hurt either. This is an essential title in Chet Baker's 30-plus year canon. [A 2002 CD reissue contains two bonus tracks, "I'm Old Fashioned" and "While My Lady Sleeps"].

Personnel: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Kenny Drew (piano); George Morrow, Sam Jones (bass); Philly Joe Jones, Dannie Richmond (drums).

Track Listings:
01 Do It the Hard Way
02 I'm Old Fashioned
03 You're Driving Me Crazy
04 It Could Happen to You
05 My Heart Stood Still
06 The More I See You
07 Everything Happens to Me
08 Dancing on the Ceiling
09 How Long Has This Been Going On?
10 Old Devil Moon
11 While My Lady Sleeps
12 You Make Me Feel So Young

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