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My Funny Valentine

Chet BakerAudio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)

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listen12. I've Never Been In Love Before (With Vocal) 4:30$1.29  Buy MP3 
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (January 25, 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Blue Note Records
  • ASIN: B000005GWQ
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,914 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Chet Baker was at the height of his popularity, the epitome of cool jazz, when these tracks were recorded for Pacific Jazz between 1952 and 1954. While Baker could hold his own in bop settings, the emphasis in this collection is squarely on his lyrical approach to ballads, whether singing or playing trumpet, with just a rhythm section or an added string orchestra. His vocals were absolutely distinctive, sung in a high-pitched, even fragile voice seemingly drained of emotion and yet possessing an inherent charm, a detachment that might be both the antithesis of style and its definition, whether it's heard as sensitivity or indifference. The singing is a double of his trumpet playing here, spare and barely present but achieving much through nuance and suggestion. Pianist Russ Freeman is an almost constant partner, supplying deft chords and harmonic daring, amplifying Baker's ideas. Their empathy is especially evident in the beautiful instrumental "Moon Love," but it's just as significant on signature Baker songs such as "My Funny Valentine," "Let's Get Lost," and "Like Someone in Love." --Stuart Broomer

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Here's the icon of West Coast cool in the mid-'50s, in his early prime as a leader (heard here soon after leaving the Gerry Mulligan Quartet). His trumpet and voice are sublimely silky as you hear his famous rendition of "My Funny Valentine" plus "Time After Time; Isn't It Romantic?; Sweet Lorraine; Let's Get Lost; Moon Love"14 in all!

Customer Reviews

If you like great music, you'll love Chet Baker's adaption of My Funny Valentine. Robert W. Norton  |  14 reviewers made a similar statement
It is perfect for listening to, or background music. Elskabar  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
It seems that you either love him or can't stand him. Nilla  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars MY INTRODUCTION TO CHET BAKER July 30, 2001
Format:Audio CD
This CD was my first introduction to Chet Baker's vocals and trumpet playing and it is still my favorite. What a gorgeous recording. Compiled from several different collections recorded from 1953 to 1956, Baker's voice is so pure, so vulnerable and sweet....Mel Torme-like in its "foggy" quality, but also lighter than Torme, a boy/man tenor. His trumpet is, as always, exquisite.

The songs are all classics and include the title song by Rodgers and Hart, Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me" and my personal favorite, Jule Styne's "Time After Time." There is also an arrangement of Jimmy Van Heusen's "Moonlight Becomes You" that is as smooth and beautiful as the more famous one by Bing Crosby.

All of the selections are love songs, in intimate arrangements for late-night, romantic listening. There is, unfortunately, not one liner note. I would have loved to know about the other players and about Baker's life at this point in time. As compensation, Capitol Records has published William Claxton's famous photographic portrait of the handsome, shirtless Baker, trumpet in hand, and a female model close by on the front and back of the album. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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56 of 62 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Chet's most popular vocal album August 7, 2000
Format:Audio CD
Chet Baker was already a budding jazz trumpet star when he decided to try vocals, the natural extension of his close-to-the-melodic-line trumpet style.

Chet Baker, apres le deluge, with the movie star looks intact and the high-pitched, fragile, Cool, sensitive voice sings (mostly) here on his best selling vocal album. And he signs on key! (In his later years, after a lot of bad habits, his trumpet playing improved, and his singing was consistantly flat). But here he is before his habits had taken their toll.

His singing style, even in the 50's, points back to a much earlier era, to the Crosby/Sinatra romantic and sad Saloon Songs of the 30's and 40's. And Chet always seemed to have a group of young women following him around, like Sinatra.

Here he often seems so fragile, etherial, non-macho and so sensitive as to be not of this earth. This album is definately Midnight listening, laid back, romantic, wistful music pointing to a time long ago or a time that never was. A stress antidote.

A treasure to Chet Baker fans and lovers. There is a "best of" which contains many of these highlights, but this is the original. Probably the best introduction to Chet's vocal music. And of course it contains "My Funny Valentine"!

5 stars for a bestseller.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Silent yearning March 5, 2000
Format:Audio CD
This musical recording astounded me during a visit to a friend's home for supper. I enjoyed it so much, that I forgot I was there to eat. One can easily sink into a chair while listening to Chet and forget why one IS. Chet's vocal delivery is voluptious, enrapturing, warm, and invites you to protect. It is as if words became tears and laughter doused by irony. I highly recommend this album for your most special gatherings, or for those times when you just want to be alone with your thoughts. It is perfect for listening to, or background music. I look forward to creating a collection of this man's wonderful work.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Classic and Romantic CD
"Chet Baker on the trumpet, like his peer Bill Evans on the piano, was a romantic impressionist whose music never essentially changed after its early, brilliant flowering. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rebecca*rhapsodyinblue*
4.0 out of 5 stars Great balance of Chet singing and blowing
Chet is great. No question. This collection makes a great gift for someone who is not familiar as it showcases his singing and blowing. I recommend it!
Published 8 months ago by J Clancy
5.0 out of 5 stars I usually only like non vocal jazz
I like smooth jazz....guitar, clarinet, sax, horn...but this cd is mellow. You could use it forromance...His voice isnt great... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dinda S. Evans
5.0 out of 5 stars Chet never gets old
Chet's unique phrasing and tonal qualities are the main attractions to all his albums. The entire album is a collection of standards made more memorable by Chet's great... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Robert W. Norton
5.0 out of 5 stars Raw
Chet's voice is raw, distinctive and relaxing. I can picture in my mind being in a piano bar with Chet playing, sipping wine and enjoying the mental journey that his music takes... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Person
5.0 out of 5 stars Could NOT love an album MORE!
arrived promptly in condition advertised. Chet's silky rendition of standards are amazing. LOVE THIS ALBUM.
Published on October 22, 2010 by Zendancer K.R.
2.0 out of 5 stars Bring Back Chet Baker
No trace here of Chet Baker, the gifted trumpet soloist, much less Chet Baker, the innovator (with Gerry Mulligan) of the West Coast sound. "Chet Baker for Lovers. Read more
Published on May 29, 2010 by Richard Wirtz
4.0 out of 5 stars Buy "The Best Of Chet Baker Sings" instead. It Has Chet Baker's...
I recommend "The Best Of Chet Baker Sings" instead. It contains all of the 14 songs contained in this present album of "My Funny Valentine", plus 6 more songs that Chet recorded... Read more
Published on April 24, 2010 by German Artist
4.0 out of 5 stars JUST ABOUT CHET
I FOUND THIS CD (FUNNY VALENTINE) TO BE VERY RELAXING MUSIC TO LISTEN TOO. BUT, SINCE, I'M A FAN OF HIS MORE RECENT & MATURE WORKS, I FOUND IT A LITTLE LACKING IN HIS TRUE DEPTH... Read more
Published on April 16, 2010 by Leanora Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Chet Baker Funny Valentine
I have several recordings but here are some new ones I did not have. Recorded in the mid 50's, but still good. He was a friend of mine.
Published on March 31, 2010 by Dietrich A. Weyel
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