Baker's Holiday [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

Chet Baker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
• Label: Verve
• ASIN: B0002SLWZW
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,274 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Travelin' Light

2. Easy Living

3. That Ole Devil Called Love

4. You're My Thrill

5. Crazy She Calls Me

6. When Your Lover Has Gone

7. Mean to Me

8. These Foolish Things

9. There Is No Greater Love

10. Don't Explain

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine and mellow, December 8, 2008

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Sasha "lampic" (at sea...sailing somewhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baker's Holiday (Audio CD)

Chet Baker have so many albums in his discography that it's not easy to select favourites - besides,I met some people who just couldn't get his appeal anyway - but as for me,I love both Billie Holiday and his music,so for me this works.
Quintessential after-hours melancholic loner spreads his magic dust here on collection of standards associated with Lady Day and althought it might not be his best work ever,it has fragile beauty as most of his recordings - it does touches me deeply and it makes far more sense than most of the artists who had recorded tributes to her (Sam Cooke and his Tribute to the Lady for example).
Baker himself had many of original recordings on singles so he is more than familiar with them - both his vocals and instrumentals are heart-felt and sincere - album is nicely divided between both and has easy flow as most of Chet Baker's work.
Pianist Hank Jones and arranger Jimmy Mundy are also present - the whole effect is relaxing,mellow and sad,althought they occasionaly swing like in a "Mean to me" which is not so far removed from Holiday's own "Columbia" original: give her a singing spot here and she would be right at home,with Baker playing behind her dreamily.
Higlight: Chet Baker's instrumental version of "These foolish things" that just goes straight to the heart of the song. And mine.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If only he didn't sing!, May 17, 2007

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William J. Harper (Austell, Ga. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baker's Holiday (Audio CD)

I am a big fan of Chet baker's playing. In my mind he had one of the sweetest tones going - and that tone sounds even better in SACD. However, I've never been a fan of his singing, which he does here on about half of the songs. If you are a fan of his crooning then you will probably love this recording and, if not, at least you'll have half a SACD's worth of bliss.