Title: The Best of Chet Baker Sings: Let's Get Lost
Media: audio CD
I go to this CD again and again as one of my top 10 favorite vocal performances. Chet Baker's vocals are in the same category as Billie Holiday's. Neither Chet nor Billie are going to knock you out with pure talent like Sinatra or Sarah Vaughn, but they possess a haunting quality that enters your gut, your emotional center, your imagination. I want to describe Baker's vocals and trumpet playing as ghostly and sensual, if something can be both immaterial and caressing simultaneously.
Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Chet Baker
(Now that I'm getting back into the work routine, let's see if I can get back into the blog routine.)
Media: CD
Title: Chet Baker: Complete 1952 Fantasy and Pacific Jazz Sessions
Tonight I listened to Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan playing on "The Complete 1952 Fantasy and Pacific Jazz Sessions". Loved it, especially 'Lullaby of the Leaves' and 'My Funny Valentine'. Close your eyes and listen to the sections where Baker and Mulligan play together, Mulligan low and out front and Baker with his high ghost-whisper playing behind him. Just beautiful.
Media: CD
Title: Chet Baker: Complete 1952 Fantasy and Pacific Jazz Sessions
Tonight I listened to Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan playing on "The Complete 1952 Fantasy and Pacific Jazz Sessions". Loved it, especially 'Lullaby of the Leaves' and 'My Funny Valentine'. Close your eyes and listen to the sections where Baker and Mulligan play together, Mulligan low and out front and Baker with his high ghost-whisper playing behind him. Just beautiful.
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