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Chet Baker - Embraceable You (1957)

Een mooi album waarin Chet Baker begeleiding krijgt van Russ Savakus op bas en David Wheat op akoestische gitaar. Dit samen vormt een prachtig en sober geheel. Album met muziek voor de late uurtjes, bijzonder sfeervol en zelfs feeëriek album met mooie momenten.



Chet Baker’s final Pacific Jazz session from December, 1957 features his trumpet and voice on 13 lovely ballads with spare accompaniment from just guitar and bass. -- A ballad collection that emphasizes Chet Baker"s troubled-romantic vocal style. Baker"s delicate tenor, having won the hearts of thousands of teenage fans, was considered somewhat of a novelty to most critics. For another, his guitar-and-bass accompaniment is incredibly sparse, and while that doesn"t hurt his trumpeting at all, being so prominent in the mix occasionally betrays his vocal limitations. Baker"s fans, though, need not worry about such petty analysis, for the wistful, tormented tone of this record is the very sound that helped create the legend, and in places he is firmly in his element, especially on "There"s a Lull in My Life" and a sublime instrumental version of "Little Girl Blue," which features some of his finest soloing. While it isn"t the place to start, Embraceable You is a fascinating example of why Chet Baker"s tragic spirit remains as attractive today as it was in his lifetime



Chet Baker - Embraceable You Tracks:

01  The Night We Called It A Day ( 2:22 )
02  Little Girl Blue [instrumental] ( 4:33 )
03  Embraceable You ( 2:06 )
04  They All Laughed ( 2:08 )
05  There"s A Lull In My Life ( 2:53 )
06  What It There To Say ( 3:38 )
07  While My Lady Sleeps ( 2:48 )
08  Forgetful ( 2:35 )
09  How Long Has This Been Going On? ( 2:46 ) 
10  Come Rain Or Shine ( 2:07 )
11  On Green Dolphin Street ( 3:07 )
12  Little Girl Blue ( 4:30 )
13  Trav"lin Light ( 3:09 )

Personnel:
Chet Baker, trumpet & vocals
David Wheat, guitar
Ross Savakus, bass

Chet Baker - Embraceable You (1957)
Original Release Date: June 20, 1995 
Label: Blue Note Records