Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe explained

Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chet Baker
Cover:	Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	July 21 & 22, 1959 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:02
Label:	Riverside RLP 12-307
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Chronology:	Chet Baker
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Prev Year:	1959
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Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker featuring show tunes by Lerner and Loewe which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars stating "these readings are comparatively understated. That said, the timelessness of the melodies, coupled with the assembled backing aggregate, make Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) a memorable concept album".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

1. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - 4:16
2. "I Could Have Danced All Night" - 3:43
3. "The Heather on the Hill" - 5:04
4. "On the Street Where You Live" - 8:37
5. "Almost Like Being in Love" - 4:53
6. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - 4:35
7. "I Talk to the Trees" - 5:51
8. "Show Me" - 6:30

• Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on July 21 (tracks 2 & 6-8) and July 22 (tracks 1 & 3-5), 1959.

Personnel

• Chet Baker - trumpet
• Herbie Mann - flute, tenor saxophone
• Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
• Bob Corwin (tracks 1 & 3-5), Bill Evans (tracks 2 & 6-8) - piano
• Earl May - bass
• Clifford Jarvis - drums

References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#riverside-rlp-12-307 Chet Baker discography
2. Planer, L. Allmusic listing accessed August 14, 2013