Chet Baker - Born To Be Blue: Heartfelt Homage To The Life & Music Of Chet Baker

Artist: Chet Baker

Title: Born To Be Blue: Heartfelt Homage To The Life & Music Of Chet Baker

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Jazz

UPC: 8436559462877

Release Date: 2017

Record Label: Jazz Wax

Album Tracks

1. My Funny Valentine #1
2. Over the Rainbow
3. Let's Get Lost
4. I've Never Been in Love Before
5. There Will Never Be Another You
6. Go Down Sunshine - Odetta
7. The Thrill Is Gone
8. Everything Happens to Me
9. There's a Small Hotel
10. Born to Be Blue - Nancy Wilson with George Shearing
11. Ballata in Forma Di Blues
12. Someone to Watch Over Me
13. Haitian Fight Song - Charles Mingus Sextet
14. Deep in a Dream
15. Grey December
16. My Funny Valentine #2
17. Born to Be Blue - Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown

Few jazz musicians obtained equal celebrity both as instrumentalists and as singers. Earl Hines sang besides playing the piano, but he's fundamentallyknown for his keyboard work. Sarah Vaughan was also a pianist and once in a while she accompanied herself on a couple of tunes during live performances, but nobody thinks of her as a pianist. ChetBaker, on the other hand, presents us with the same case as, for instance, Louis Armstrong (equally famous for his singing and trumpet playing), Nina Simone (both a glorious singer and an interesting pianist), Nat King Cole (an amazing pianist and a superb singer) and Jack Teagarden (whose vocal style was just as easily identifiable as the sound of his trombone). Like the aforementioned musicians, Chet Baker's voice was as unique as the improvisations coming out of his horn.

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