Embraceable You (album)

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Embraceable You
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Studio album by Chet Baker
Released 1995
Recorded December 9, 1957
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length38:42
Label Pacific Jazz
CDP 7243 8
Producer Richard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
Reunion with Chet Baker
(1957)		Embraceable You
(1995)		 Stan Meets Chet
(1958)

Embraceable You is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1957 but not released on the Pacific Jazz label until 1995. [1] One song, "Trav'lin' Light" was previously released on the album Pretty/Groovy in 1958 but all other tracks were previously unissued.

Chet Baker American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer

Chesney Henry Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist.

Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003). Harte, in 1954, also co-founded Nocturne Records with jazz bassist Harry Babasin (1921–1988).

<i>Pretty/Groovy</i> album by Chet Baker

Pretty/Groovy is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1953 and 1954 and released on the World Pacific label in 1958. The album compiles tracks previously released on the 1953 10 inch LP Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman along with previously unissued recordings.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic rated the album with 1½ stars stating "A ballad collection that emphasizes Chet Baker's troubled-romantic vocal style, it's not too surprising that these 1957 recordings remained in the vaults for almost 40 years... While it isn't the place to start, Embraceable You is a fascinating example of why Chet Baker's tragic spirit remains as attractive today as it was in his lifetime". [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 2:22
  2. "Little Girl Blue" [Instrumental Version] (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:33
  3. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:06
  4. "They All Laughed" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:08
  5. "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) - 2:53
  6. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 3:38
  7. "While My Lady Sleeps" (Gus Kahn, Bronisław Kaper) - 2:48
  8. "Forgetful" (George Handy, Jack Segal) - 2:35
  9. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:46
  10. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:07
  11. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:07
  12. "Little Girl Blue" [Vocal Version] (Hart, Rodgers) - 4:30
  13. "Trav'lin' Light" (Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) - 3:09

Personnel

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

David "Buck" Wheat (1922–1985) was an American folk and jazz musician, songwriter and recording artist. The Texas-born Wheat was a well-known guitarist and bass player with the big dance bands of the era, playing at the Chicago Playboy Jazz Festival 1959 in The Playboy Jazz All Stars and the Chet Baker Trio. In the winter of 1957 David was jazz guitarist recording with Baker's Trio. Though most of Baker's material was recorded in Los Angeles, "Embraceable You", "There's a Lull in My Life" and "My Funny Valentine" are rare examples of Baker recording in New York. The format is also unusual for him, just Baker's vocals accompanied by only David Wheat on nylon string acoustic guitar and bassist Russ Savakus.

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References

  1. ↑ Chet Baker discography accessed August 15, 2013
  2. 1 2 Smith, J. Allmusic listing accessed August 15, 2013
  3. ↑ "Chet Baker: Songs for Lovers" CD, Pacific Jazz Records 57158, 1997
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