Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You

by Chet Baker

Overview

The ultra-hip and sophisticated "cool jazz" that Chet Baker (trumpet/vocals) helped define in the early '50s matured rapidly under the tutelage of producer Dick Bock. This can be traced to Baker's earliest sides on Bock's L.A.-based Pacific Jazz label. This album is the result of Baker's first sessions for the independent Riverside label. The Chet Baker Quartet featured on Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen to You includes Kenny Drew (piano), Sam Jones (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). (Performances by bassist George Morrow and drummer Dannie Richmond are featured on a few cuts.) This results in the successful combination of Baker's fluid and nonchalant West Coast delivery with the tight swinging accuracy of drummer Jones and pianist Drew. Nowhere is this balance better displayed than the opening and closing sides on the original album, "Do It the Hard Way" and "Old Devil Moon," respectively. One immediate distinction between these vocal sides and those recorded earlier in the decade for Pacific Jazz is the lissome quality of Baker's playing and, most notably, his increased capacity as a vocalist. The brilliant song selection certainly doesn't hurt either. This is an essential title in Chet Baker's 30-plus year canon. [Some reissues contain two bonus tracks, "I'm Old Fashioned" and "While My Lady Sleeps"]. ~ Lindsay Planer

Product Details

Release Date:	03/05/2021
Label:	Craft Records / Decca / Riverside Records
UPC:	0888072197534
Rank:	31152

Tracks

1. Do It the Hard Way
2. I'm Old Fashioned
3. You're Driving Me Crazy
4. It Could Happen To You
5. My Heart Stood Still
6. The More I See You
7. Everything Happens To Me
8. Dancing On the Ceiling
9. How Long Has This Been Going On?
10. Old Devil Moon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chet Baker   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet
Chet Baker Quintet   Primary Artist
Kenny Drew   Piano
Jack Higgins   Recorder
Sam Jones   Bass
George Morrow   Bass,Bass
Dannie Richmond   Drums
Philly Joe Jones   Drums

Technical Credits

Burton Lane   Composer
Paul Bacon   Cover Design
Jerome Kern   Composer
Bill Grauer, Jr.   Producer
Jack Higgins   Engineer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Josef Myrow   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Kahn   Composer
Matt Dennis   Composer
Akira Taguchi   Mastering Supervisor
Bronislaw Kaper   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Orrin Keepnews   Liner Notes
Tom Adair   Composer
Phil DeLancie   Mastering,Remastering
Harry Warren   Composer
Adair   Composer
Burke   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Alan Yoshida   Mastering
Billy Graham   Producer
Kaper   Composer
Paul Weller   Cover Photo
Tamaki Beck   Mastering Engineer