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Baby Breeze (1965)

Chet Baker, vocals

Bobby Scott, piano

Kenny Burrell, guitar

"Born to Be Blue", as sung by Baker, is a compliment to the composer, singer Mel Tormé. Scott and Burrell play a brief introduction that sets the mood, and then Baker takes over, with Scott's bluesy comments adding spice. Note Baker's singing of the lines "the curtain fell", and then dig how he takes them the second time around. This is singing with real jazz feeling. Tormé couldn't have done better himself.

Although Chet Baker's recordings from late in his life varied dramatically in quality, this series of studio sessions is a high point in his career. After having his trumpet stolen, he plays beautifully with a borrowed flügelhorn throughout most of these songs with a powerful tone, especially on "Baby Breeze" and Hal Galper's intense "This Is the Thing." Baker delivers some strong vocals on the session led by pianist Bobby Scott, though Scott's huge hit "A Taste of Honey" is marred somewhat by his odd honky tonk piano in the background. This is an unusual compilation worth acquiring. [allmusic.com]

Comments

8 years ago

Lúa Roque

I was born to be blue <3

8 years ago

Sérgio G. S'andre

*Preciosidade para uma tarde caótica...*

9 years ago

Alexandre Ruoso

atacadão da paz

9 years ago

Valéria Santana

cause i was born to be blue...

9 years ago

badmann

Fucking perfect

9 years ago

Hebert Chum

such a great song...!

9 years ago

Ronnie Kahn

The first time I met Chet Baker, he was playing at a little neighborhood club called Strykers on 97th & Columbus Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He was coming back after years of an extended period of absence, having diligently devoted himself to re-learning to play trumpet with dentures, which everybody told him could not be done. But he persevered and prevailed, and this was one of his first comeback gigs. Awesome! I never heard any trumpet sound like that! I don't think it could ever be captured on a recording: So intimate tender innovative & personal...sometimes just whispering & breathing infinite silence space&timelessness into his trumpet...He just loved music & making music so deeeeeeeeeply & innately: just making the purest finest most beautiful sounds and blissful ethereal effects. Chet Baker was truly a great Maestro of the highest degree, a natural-born precocious musical genius like Mozart!During the break I came up to Chet to thank & enthusiastically congratulate him. In my over-enthusiasm I started telling Chet how much I also dug & admired & had been imitating his singing for years, and automatically went into my little imitation of him singing “I Wish I Knew” till I caught myself & felt embarrassed & silly & said,“Oh no! Here I am doing my Chet Baker imitation for Chet Baker!” He just smiled & said “You don't look old enough to remember that record.” (1955 LP called “Chet Baker Sings& Plays")He looked gaunt & emaciated, almost like a derelict. But his voice and manner were very polite mellow kind & refined, sensitive gentle very personable sweet good-natured & very likable, casual cultured & very well-bred. I asked him if he would sing during his second-set after the break. He thanked me for asking but apologized & explained why he really couldn't because he was working with just a bassist & drummer & no piano...He excused himself when his band-mates summoned him to prepare for their second set. There were just a few other people at that very small dimly-lit cellar club that night. My date was a nice girl who had the same last name as me though we were otherwise unrelated, I barely remember her, but we were both blown-away by Chet! When Chet came back from the break, he opened his set singing “Just Friends” Bless his heart! Still feels good that he honored my request & was singing just for me! His singing always kinda reminds me of Alfalfa from “Our Gang” I still listen to Chet's music almost every day now, often listening to him continually all day long, and when I try listening to something else for a change, I find myself missing his familiar soothing sound which is so much an integral part of me, I find myself unable to listen to anything else & hafta sink right back into that sweet fine&mellow transcendent celestial atmosphere he creates so effortlessly & endlessly... PS: I had given Chet my business card that night, and to my surprise & amazement—first thing in the morning--he called me! But that's another story for another time now...

9 years ago

Moisés Nina Gálvez

buenasa

9 years ago

Tom Birner

Is this Bill Evans on piano?

9 years ago

tony langmach

Oh yes- Born to Be Blue.. ;0)) 

9 years ago

Ivano K

Stasera me la prendo con lui....

9 years ago

Blue Gitan

~~~~ ♪ ♪ ~~~~

9 years ago

Antonio Ramos

Born to be blue

9 years ago

Lina Sedra

I am born to be blue...Chet Baker - Born to Be Blue

9 years ago

Maurizio Greco

una notte blue in jazz con chet baker

9 years ago

Maurizio Greco

una notte blue in jazz con chet baker

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