Diane (album)

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Diane
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Studio album by
Chet Baker, Paul Bley
Released1985
RecordedFebruary 28, 1985
Sound Track Studios, Copenhagen
Genre Jazz
Length46:37 (LP), 51:33 (CD)
Label SteepleChase SCS 1207
Producer Nils Winther
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Diane is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker and pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label. [3]

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Critical reception

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describe Bley as an ideal duo partner for Baker, and say that only a “murky sound” prevented the album receiving a four star rating. [2]

Track listing

  1. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 7:16
  2. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 7:03
  3. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 5:17
  4. "Pent-Up House" (Sonny Rollins) - 3:55
  5. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) - 7:52
  6. "Diane" (Lew Pollack, Ernö Rapée) - 5:31
  7. "Skidadidlin'" (Chet Baker) - 4:16
  8. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:27 (LP), [4] 10:23 (CD) [5]

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Diane at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 68. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ↑ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Chet Baker Catalog". jazzdisco.org . Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Diane (album) at Discogs
  5. ↑ Diane (album) at Discogs



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