Chet Baker & Strings is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in late 1953 and early 1954 and released on the Columbia label.Chet Baker discography accessed August 5, 2013
Reception
Lindsay Planer of Allmusic stated: "This release offers a unique glimpse of a young Chet Baker in a quintet setting, complemented by a nine-piece string section... The easygoing and otherwise winding strings support the cool bop like a kite in a March breeze — light, airy, and conspicuous only in altitude".Planer, L. Allmusic listing accessed August 5, 2013
Track listing "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 3:30 "I'm Thru With Love" (Fud Livingston, Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck) - 2:39 "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:59 "You Better Go Now" (Irvin Graham, Bickley Reichner) - 3:06 "I Married An Angel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:37 "Love" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) - 2:34 "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 2:48 "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) - 2:40 "Why Shouldn't I?" (Cole Porter) - 3:35 "A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet" (Jack Montrose) - 2:37 "The Wind" (Russ Freeman) - 4:02 "Trickleydidlier" (Shorty Rogers) - 2:40 "You Don't Know What Love Is" [Alternate Take] (Raye, de Paul) - 3:30 Bonus track on CD reissue "You Better Go Now" [Alternate Take] (Reichner, Graham) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue "A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet" [Alternate Take] (Montrose) - 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 30, 1953 (tracks 3, 5, 10, 14 & 15), December 31, 1953 (tracks 1, 2, 9, 12 & 13) and February 20, 1954 (tracks 4, 6–8 & 11).
Personnel Chet Baker - trumpet Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 4, 6–8 & 11) Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3, 5, 9, 10 & 12–15) Russ Freeman - piano Joe Mondragon - bass Shelly Manne - drums Sam Cytron, Jack Gasselin, George Kast, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin - violin Lou Kievman, Paul Robyn - viola Victor Gottlieb cello Jack Montrose (tracks 4, 10, 14 & 15), Johnny Mandel (tracks 1, 6, 7, 11 & 13), Marty Paich (tracks 3 & 5), Shorty Rogers (tracks 2, 8, 9 & 12) - arrangers
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