The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
CHET BAKER PLAYS THE BEST OF LERNER & LOEWE
The fat lady has not received her phone call to even begin warming up as the country races back to the way things were more than a year ago. It took three years to get past the Spanish Flu pandemic a hundred years ago because people didn’t want to adhere to the systems put in place. The Delta variant is here with a vengeance causing 21+ thousand new cases here in Florida this past weekend and the numbers are still being counted. I’ve had friends exposed to this variant with fortunate test results clearing them. I am socially distancing when out, wearing my mask and quarantining myself at home. I hope you are doing the same.
This week’s pick is the 1959 album Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe. The trumpeter features show tunes by the composer and lyricist, and was released on the Riverside label. The recording sessions were produced by Orrin Keepnews at the Reeves Sound Studios in New York City. Tracks 2,6,7,8 were recorded on July 21st and 1,3,4,5 took place on July 22, 1959.
Track Listing | 43:02
- I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face ~ 4:16
- I Could Have Danced All Night ~ 3:43
- The Heather on the Hill ~ 5:04
- On the Street Where You Live ~ 8:37
- Almost Like Being in Love ~ 4:53
- Thank Heaven for Little Girls ~ 4:35
- I Talk to the Trees ~ 5:51
- Show Me ~ 6:30
Personnel
- Chet Baker ~ trumpet
- Herbie Mann ~ flute, tenor saxophone
- Zoot Sims ~ tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Pepper Adams ~ baritone saxophone
- Bob Corwin (tracks 1 & 3-5), Bill Evans (tracks 2 & 6-8) ~ piano
- Earl May ~ bass
- Clifford Jarvis ~ drums
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