The Complete Original Chet Baker Sings Sessions

Chet Baker

For The First Time Ever On One Edition!
Contains The Complete Studio Albums:
- Pacific Jazz’ Chet Baker Sings
- Pacific Jazz’ Chet Baker Sings And Plays

This outstanding release contains all of Baker’s earliest sessions as a vocalist, taken from five different Los Angeles studio dates between October 1953 and July 1956. These sessions include Baker’s recording debut versions of such trademark vocal hits as My Funny Valentine, You Don’t Know What Love Is and Let’s Get Lost.
These sets showcase the delightful innocence nd naivety of Baker’s vocal sound during his early twenties, at the onset of his professional career, prior to the intense physical wear and tear and emotional turmoil caused by (or exacerbated by) a long term drug habit. Twenty of the twenty four tracks included here feature Baker in a quartet setting with pianist Russ Freeman and a variety of bassists (Carson Smith, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Bond) and drummers (Bob Neel, Shelly Manne, Peter Littman, Lawrence Marable). The CD’s final four songs – included here as bonus tracks – feature Baker and Freeman in a quartet setting with an overdubbed string section that also boasted flautist Bud Shank and harpist Corky Hale.

Tracklisting:

1. My funny Valentine
2. But not for me
3. Time after time
4. I get along without you very well
5. There will never be another you
6. Look for the silver lining
7. I fall in love too easy
8. The thrill is gone
9. Daybreak
10. Just friends
11. I remember you
12. Let's get lost
13. Long ago and far away
14. You don't know what love is
15. That old feeling
16. It's always you
17. I've never been in love before
18. My buddy
19. Like someone in love
20. My ideal
21. This is always (bonus track)
22. Someone to watch over me (bonus track)
23. I wish I knew (bonus track)
24. Grey december (bonus track)