Love Songs

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Release Date

December 28, 2004

Duration

52:16

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

December 30, 1953 - November 24, 1974
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Columbia's Chet Baker entry in its Love Songs compilation series mixes tracks from three of Baker's original LPs onto one disc. Included are tracks from the early-'50s classic Chet Baker & Strings, the lesser '70s Carnegie Hall Concert reunion album with Gerry Mulligan, and the trumpeter's 1974 comeback CTI album, She Was Too Good to Me. All are must-hear dates for any Baker fanatic and duly fit the "love song" category, but barring Chet Baker & Strings, none really hold much interest for the casual listener -- the person most likely to want a compilation album. Given that most Baker fans will want the full-length versions -- which have all been reissued on CD -- and that there are better Baker comps available, Love Songs doesn't really seem like the place to start listening to the icon of '50s cool jazz for a romantic evening or otherwise.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Lorenz Hart
Chet Baker 03:37 SpotifyAmazon
2
Chet Baker 02:34 SpotifyAmazon
3
Irving Berlin
Chet Baker 03:55 SpotifyAmazon
4
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Chet Baker 02:58 SpotifyAmazon
5
S. Adams / M. Grever
Chet Baker 02:41 SpotifyAmazon
6
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Chet Baker 08:43
7
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Chet Baker 04:42 SpotifyAmazon
8
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
Chet Baker 04:29 SpotifyAmazon
9
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Chet Baker 04:06 SpotifyAmazon
10
Cole Porter
Chet Baker 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
11
M. Gordon / Harry Warren
Chet Baker 06:55 SpotifyAmazon
12
George Marion, Jr. / Richard A. Whiting
Chet Baker 04:47 SpotifyAmazon
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