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Backgrounder: The Complete Chet Baker Sings

July 12, 2024

The first songs trumpeter Chet Baker recorded on which he sang were I Fall in Love Too Easily and The Thrill is Gone in October 1953. What struck listeners then and now was his vulnerable articulation, the humid romanticism and relaxed androgyny of his voice. Previously, no male singer had approached vocalizing this way. What made ...

Article: History of Jazz

Chet Baker’s Singing: A Cultural Shift

by S.G Provizer
March 23, 2019

We think of the 1950's as a time of relative social conformity, but in fact, there were significant cultural shifts happening. For one, male stereotypes were being unpacked and to some degree, unfrozen. Where once films and music gave us male characters that were either hyper-macho or limp-wristedly homosexual, male characters and performers who showed emotional ...

Article: Getting Into Jazz

Chet Baker Sings

by Mark Barnett
September 11, 2017

Getting Started If you're new to jazz, go to our Getting Into Jazz primer for some hints on how to listen. CD capsule Trumpeter Chet Baker's singing still provokes debate. Some love it, others wish he'd saved his singing for the shower. Here's a chance to make up your own mind by ...

Album

Chet Baker Sings

By Chet Baker

Label: Pacific Jazz Records
Released: 1998

Album

Chet Baker Sings

By Chet Baker

Label: WaxTimeRecords
Released: 1964
Track listing: But Not For Me; Time After Time; My Funny Valentine; I Fall In Love Too Easily; There Will Never Be Another You; I Get Along Without You Very Well; The Thrill Is Gone; Look For The Silver Lining;