チェット・ベイカー1956年リリースの代表作「Chet Baker Sings」(12インチ版)
180g重量盤、同時期のボーナス・トラックを1曲収録して復刻

チェット・ベイカー1956年リリースの代表作「Chet Baker Sings」(12インチ版)が180g重量盤、同時期のボーナス・トラックを1曲収録して復刻。
本タイトルはジャズ・トランペット奏者/歌手のチェット・ベイカーが全曲で歌を披露したウエストコースト・ジャズを代表する作品。スタンダード曲をチェット流にアレンジした内容で、特に「マイ・ファニー・ヴァレンタイン」は、数多くの巨匠がカバーに挑戦してきている名曲中の名曲だが、チェットのバージョンをベストに推す声が多い。

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2023/08/17）

As Gerald Heard's liner notes point out, it's difficult to decide whether Chet Baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet. When the 24-year-old California-based trumpeter started his vocal career in 1954, his singing was revolutionary; as delicate and clear as his trumpet playing, with a similarly bright and vibrato-free tone, Baker simply didn't sound like any previous jazz singer. His first vocal session, recorded in February 1954 and covering tracks seven through 14 of this disc, is so innocent-sounding it's like cub reporter Jimmy Olsen had started a new career as a jazz singer. The album's first six tracks, recorded in July 1956, are even more milk and cookies, thanks in no small part to syrupy material like Frank Loesser's "I've Never Been in Love Before" and Donaldson/Kahn's drippy "My Buddy." Choices from the earlier session like "My Funny Valentine" -- arguably the definitive version of this oft-recorded song -- and "There Will Never Be Another You" work much, much better. The spacious musical setting, a simple trumpet and piano-bass-drums rhythm section, is perfect for Baker's low-key style. Despite the few faults of song selection, Chet Baker Sings is a classic of West Coast cool jazz. ~ Stewart Mason

Rovi