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Baker's Holiday finds Chet Baker effectively paying tribute to Billie Holiday with mellow trumpet solos and occasional vocals. Baker is backed by a full sax section and a four-piece rhythm section that includes pianist Hank Jones; Jimmy Mundy contributed the colorful arrangements. His performance of ten songs associated with Lady Day (most of which he had not recorded previously) is often exquisite.[Allmusic]
Personnel:
Chet Baker – flugelhorn, vocals
Leon Cohen, Henry Freeman, Wilford Holcombe, Seldon Powell, Alan Ross – reeds
Hank Jones – piano
Everett Barksdale – guitar
Richard Davis – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Jimmy Mundy – arranger
Track listing:
01. "Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer) – 3:10
02. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:21
03. "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher) – 3:15
04. "You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare) – 2:58
05. "Crazy She Calls Me" (Carl Sigman, Bob Russell) – 3:21
06. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:52
07. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:35
08. "These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Holt Marvell, Harry Link) – 3:29
09. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 2:32
10. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 3:30
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