Chet Baker & Strings

by Chet Baker

Chet Baker & Strings cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 April 1954
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:36
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Looking to expand his commercial appeal and artistic breadth, 'Chet Baker & Strings' surrounds the trumpeter's signature cool tone with lush, cinematic orchestral arrangements. The rich backdrop provides a sharp, romantic contrast to Baker's dry, vibrato-less playing style. This project demonstrated his versatility as an instrumentalist capable of carrying large-scale, mainstream pop-adjacent productions.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. You Don't Know What Love Is (03:29)
  2. I'm Thru With Love (02:38)
  3. Love Walked In (02:58)
  4. You Better Go Now (03:05)
  5. I Married An Angel (03:36)
  6. Love
  7. I Love You (02:47)
  8. What a Diff'rence a Day Made (02:39)
  9. Why Shouldn't I? (03:34)
  10. A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet (02:35)
  11. The Wind (03:59)
  12. Trickleydidlier (02:38)

Credits

  • Chet Baker - Trumpet
  • Sam Cytron - Violin
  • Russ Freeman - Piano
  • Jacques Gasselin - Violin
  • Victor Gottlieb - Cello
  • George Kast - Violin
  • Lou Kievman - Viola
  • Shelly Manne - Drums (drum Set)
  • Joe Mondragon - Bass
  • Paul Robyn - Viola
  • Eudice Shapiro - Violin
  • Paul Shure - Violin
  • Zoot Sims - Tenor Saxophone
  • Felix Slatkin - Violin
  • Richard Bock - Producer
  • Bud Shank - Alto Saxophone Flute

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