Once Upon a Summertime (Chet Baker album)

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Once Upon a Summertime
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Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedFebruary 20, 1977
StudioSound Ideas Studio, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length40:35
Label Artists House
AH 11
Producer John Snyder
Chet Baker chronology
Deep in a Dream of You
(1976)
Once Upon a Summertime
(1980)
You Can't Go Home Again
(1977)

Once Upon a Summertime is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Artists House label in 1980. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "The challenging material ("The Song Is You" is the only one of the five songs that is a standard) inspires the musicians to play creative solos". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Tidal Breeze" (Harold Danko) – 6:49
  2. "Shifting Down" (Kenny Dorham) – 7:30
  3. "E.S.P." (Wayne Shorter) – 5:39
  4. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:15
  5. "Once Upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand) – 11:22

Personnel

References

  1. Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 25, 2017
  2. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 25, 2017
  3. Artists House discography accessed May 25, 2017
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Once Upon a Summertime – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.