My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings explained

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My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings
Type:	studio
Artist:	Amos Lee
Cover:	Amos Lee - My Ideal- A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings.jpg
Alt:	A muted palette cartoon drawing of Lee singing into a microphone
Studio:	Rittenhouse Soundworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Language:	English
Label:	Dualtone Records
Producer:	David Stream
Prev Title:	Dreamland
Prev Year:	2022
Next Year:	2023

My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings is a 2022 studio album by American musician Amos Lee, covering the 1954 album Chet Baker Sings.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Matt Collar writing that covering the Great American Songbook is unexpected from Lee, whose music is generally made up of "rustic, countryfied folk and earthy R&B" and praised the vocal performance by Lee. In a feature from WBGO, Trevor Smith wrote that "Amos' voice reaches new, lustrous levels throughout the project" and the tracks include "irreplaceable entries in The Great American Songbook".

Track listing

1. "That Old Feeling" (lyrics: Lew Brown, music: Sammy Fain) – 3:22
2. "It’s Always You" (lyrics: Johnny Burke, music: Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:46
3. "Like Someone in Love" (lyrics: Burke, music: Van Heusen) – 2:31
4. "My Ideal" (lyrics: Leo Robin and Richard A. Whiting, music: Newell Chase) – 3:26
5. "I’ve Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 4:24
6. "My Buddy" (lyrics: Gus Kahn, music: Walter Donaldson) – 3:18
7. "But Not for Me" (lyrics: Ira Gershwin, music: George Gershwin) – 2:24
8. "Time After Time" (lyrics: Sammy Cahn, music: Jule Styne) – 2:51
9. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (lyrics: Jane Brown Thompson, music: Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:54
10. "My Funny Valentine (For Oskar and Eli)" (lyrics: Lorenz Hart, music: Richard Rodgers) – 2:07
11. "There Will Never Be Another You" (lyrics: Mack Gordon, music: Harry Warren) – 3:10
12. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Jules Bihari, Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins, and B. B. King) – 2:33
13. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (lyrics: Cahn, music: Styne) – 3:24
14. "Look for the Silver Lining" (lyrics: Buddy DeSylva, music: Jerome Kern) – 2:46
15. "Everything Happens to Me" (lyrics: Tom Adair, music: Matt Dennis) – 3:06
16. "I’m Old Fashioned" (lyrics: Johnny Mercer, music: Kern) – 5:29

Personnel

• Amos Lee – vocals, photography
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Denise Guerin – photography
• Christian Langdon – mixing
• Gilberto Lopez – illustration
• Anwar Marshall – drums
• Madison Rast – double bass
• Michael Richelle – engineering
• David Striem – piano, trumpet, production
• Burton Yount – art direction

See also

• 2022 in American music
• 2022 in jazz
• Lists of 2022 albums

External links

• • • A set of Baker tunes for World Cafe