Too Cool

Chet Baker (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI / Sunset Jazz / SSM
• ASIN: B000P4TATS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,468 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > Jazz > Cool Jazz

Track Listings

1. Let s Get Lost

2. I Fall In Love Too Easily

3. The Route

4. There Will Never Be Another You

5. Lucius Lu

6. Everything Happens To Me

7. Travelin Light

8. A Night On Bop Mountain

9. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Sometimes)

10. But Not For Me

11. Mickey s Memory

12. Little Girl Blue

13. Minor Yours

14. Jumpin Off A Clef

15. My Funny Valentine

Editorial Reviews

1)LET'S GET LOST 2)I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY 3)THE ROUTE 4)THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU 5)LUCIUS LU 6)EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME 7)TRAVELIN' LIGHT 8)A NIGHT ON BOP MOUNTAIN 9)I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL (SOMETIMES) 10)BUT NOT FOR ME 11)MICKEY'S MEMORY 12)LITTLE GIRL BLUE 13)MINOR YOURS 14)JUMPIN' OFF A CLEF 15)MY FUNNY VALENTINE 15-PAGE BOOKLET, DIGIPAK.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Coolest Cat", March 7, 2008

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Brian Schiff "jaywilton" (Detroit Mi. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Too Cool (Audio CD)

I'm fascinated by Chet Baker-and this is a pretty good intro to one of the great natural(or he sure made it look that way) musical talents to come along over the past 50 years.Even more specifically,my favorite musicians recorded their best stuff during the fifties(if I have to pick a decade)when Baker was at his peak.This cd comes with a pretty thorough booklet on the cuts selected,which includes several of the soloists;it would've even been better if it included the lineups for each cut.But,hey-a minor critique.If you've read anything about Baker's life(say,for example 'James Gavin's biography-'The Long Night Of Chet Baker') or have been one of the few to see Bruce Weber's documentary,'Let's Get Lost' of Baker's last year alive,you know how depressing the story is.If that's not enough this cd includes cuts that Chet did with Art Pepper(check out Pepper's autobiography 'Straight Life' if you want to get more depressed).I saw Baker at Detroit's Baker's Keyboard Lounge(the world's oldest jazz club)in the eighties;he was making a comeback-and supposedly off drugs;as I remember,he didn't really look like he'd kicked anything,but he played beautifully.I don't remember him singing anything,but I wasn't really a fan of his singing;with this cd,I'm working on it-and yes,it closes with his take of 'My Funny Valentine'.And no, he wasn't some 'white hope' imitation of say, Miles Davis. Chet is Chet.