Chet Baker - It Could Happen to You (1958) [Jazz][mp3 320][h33t]

Chet Baker - It Could Happen to You (Chet Baker Sings)

Year: 1958 (riverside)

Label: OJC (20 Bit Remastered, 1991)

Total time: 43:54

Bitrate: 320 kbps



The ultra-hip and sophisticated "cool jazz" that Chet Baker (trumpet/vocals) helped define in the early '50s matured rapidly under the tutelage of producer Dick Bock. This can be traced to Baker's earliest sides on Bock's L.A.-based Pacific Jazz label. This album is the result of Baker's first sessions for the independent Riverside label. The Chet Baker Quartet featured on Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You includes Kenny Drew (piano), Sam Jones (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). (Performances by bassist George Morrow and drummer Dannie Richmond are featured on a few cuts.) This results in the successful combination of Baker's fluid and nonchalant West Coast delivery with the tight swinging accuracy of drummer Jones and pianist Drew. Nowhere is this balance better displayed than the opening and closing sides on the original album, "Do It the Hard Way" and "Old Devil Moon," respectively. One immediate distinction between these vocal sides and those recorded earlier in the decade for Pacific Jazz is the lissome quality of Baker's playing and, most notably, his increased capacity as a vocalist. The brilliant song selection certainly doesn't hurt either. ~ Lindsay Plenner, AMG



Personnel:

Chet Baker (Trumpet and Vocals)

Kenny Drew (Piano)

George Morrow (Double Bass) - 1,2,5,7

Sam Jones (Double Bass) - 3,4,6,9

Philly Joe Jones (Drums) - 1,2,5,7

Danny Richmond (Drums) - 3,4,6,9



Chet Baker - It Could Happen to You Tracks:

01 Do It The Hard Way (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) 3:03

02 I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern/Johnny Merce) 5:07

03 You're Driving Me Crazy (Walter Donaldson) 2:57

04 It Could Happen To You (Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen) 2:53

05 My Heart Stood Still (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) 3:28

06 The More I See You (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren) 3:06

07 Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair/Matt Dennis) 5:05

08 Dancing On the Ceiling (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) 3:09

09 How Long Has This Been Going On (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) 4:11

10 Old Devil Moon (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg/Burton Lane) 2:58

11 While My Lady Sleeps (Take 10) (Gus Kahn/Bronislaw Kaper) 4:19

12 You Make Me Feel So Young (Take 5) (Mack Gordon/Josef Myrow) 3:38