Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe

by Chet Baker

Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:37
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Focusing entirely on the highly melodic, sophisticated show tunes of the iconic Broadway songwriting duo, the famously lyrical trumpeter delivers a deeply relaxed, instrumental cool jazz session. Supported by an all-star rhythm section featuring Bill Evans and Paul Chambers, the arrangements are highly airy, prioritizing incredibly smooth phrasing over aggressive bebop runs. It serves as a beautiful, highly accessible example of his signature, deeply melancholic melodicism.

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Tracklist

  1. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (04:08)
  2. I Could Have Danced All Night (03:35)
  3. The Heather on the Hill (05:00)
  4. On the Street Where You Live (08:30)
  5. Almost Like Being in Love (04:46)
  6. Thank Heaven for Little Girls (04:30)
  7. I Talk to the Trees (05:44)
  8. Show Me (06:24)

Credits

  • Roy Friedman - Engineer
  • Pepper Adams - Baritone Saxophone
  • Chet Baker - Trumpet
  • Bob Corwin - Piano
  • Clifford Jarvis - Drums (drum Set)
  • Herbie Mann - Flute, Tenor Saxophone
  • Earl May - Bass, Double Bass
  • Zoot Sims - Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Alto Saxophone Tenor Saxophone
  • Orrin Keepnews - Producer
  • Bill Evans - Piano
  • Jack Matthews - Mix

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