Chet Baker Chet Baker Sings (Mono, Blue Note, Tone Poet Series)

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• The complementary talents of Chet Baker (1929-1988) as both a trumpeter and a singer are well known today. Both Chet’s trumpet and his voice seem to be extensions of the same musical personality, and once you become familiar with both facets of Baker, expect to hear them both

  This album, however, was a revelation at the time and brought Baker new fame and a new audience less familiar with jazz than with pop music. The reasons are obvious: Chet’s voice is delicate and beautiful, and at the same time his phrasing always swings and surprises. While Chet Baker Sings is now considered a classic and continues to be a jazz bestseller, its initial critical reception was not too good, and many renowned jazz writers disapproved of Chet’s singing as rough, unprofessional and not manly. Despite the critics’ opinions, the album never sto