Baby Breeze [Original recording remastered]

Chet Baker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 26, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000HXFL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,180 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

24 bit remastered Japanese limited edition reissue of 1965 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Includes 5 bonus tracks 'Sweet Sue, Just You', 'A Taste Of Honey', 'Think Beautiful', 'I Wish You Love' (alternate take) & 'Think Beautiful' (alternate take). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baby Breeze, one of Chet's personal favourites, December 3, 2000

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[e-mail] (Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Breeze (Audio CD)

In interviews as late as 1987 Chet listed this album as one of his favourites, and who would doubt his judgment? I think it's his best album from the sixties, a perfect showcase for Chet's varied talents. Whether you like the fleet player of fast bop (or post-bop, as is the case here), the lyrical trumpeter or the sensitive balladeer, it's all here. The uptempo tunes sound very "sixties" and modern and Chet's lines are firm, hard-driven and edgy, but he never loses his human touch. As a vocalist Chet has never sounded better. He sings with fire, conviction and at times almost unbearable tenderness - "You're mine, you" and "The touch of your lips" send chills up your spine - and his rendition of Mel Tormé's "Born to be blue" is impressive and, indeed, bluesy. Anyone who claims that Chet isn't a singer should listen to these cuts. This American comeback album has long unduly been overlooked, but it is a very strong statement from this poignant trumpeter and singer. If you love Chet you should buy this one; you can't go wrong with it.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favorite of Chet's recordings, August 29, 1999

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J. Powell (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Breeze (Audio CD)

This album is SO perfect because it's NOT perfect. There is a little emotional weariness in Chet's voice, and there are times when you can hear a bit of a struggle with his flugelhorn (his trumpet was stolen before he recorded this album.) But that is what gives this album such a human quality, you can truly hear the sadness in Chet's voice when he sings "Born to Be Blue" - as though the song is about him. His playing is usually phenomenal, but you can hear a bit of a struggle on his usually so perfectly executed ballad solos, and there is such beauty to it. I love this album because it has such a wonderful human quality - there is so much emotion in Chet's voice and playing, that you can almost feel with him. Definitely buy this CD if you like Chet, or even if you just want a great jazz CD to add to your collection.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chet Baker's sweet return to the States . . ., September 3, 2000

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Joseph Jordan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Breeze (Audio CD)

After years in Europe, Baker returned to the West Coast to record "Baby Breeze". His trumpet was stolen just before sessions began, so he played a fugelhorn, which served to make his already langorous and lush leads warmer and smoother. After a few years of drug addiction and the resulting obscurity, Baker came back strong with this collection, which encapsulates all three of his major personas: The sweetest trumpet blower around, a singer whose voice was high and lonesome and muscular all at once, and the harder bop-oriented musician that many people don't remember. A great album from a great jazzman.