| The Best Thing for You | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Chet Baker |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Recorded: | February 16, 21 & 22 and May 13, 1977 |
| Studio: | Sound Ideas Studio, NYC |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:10 |
| Label: | A&M CD 0832 |
| Producer: | Don Sebesky |
| Chronology: | Chet Baker |
| Prev Title: | You Can't Go Home Again |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | The Incredible Chet Baker Plays and Sings |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
The Best Thing for You is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1977 but not released on the A&M label until 1989, after the performer's death.[1] [2] The tracks were rereleased as part of the double CD reissue of You Can't Go Home Again in 2000 with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This CD features previously unissued material from the same sessions that resulted in You Can't Go Home Again and, if anything, the music is a touch better. ... Throughout, Chet Baker shows that his playing during his much documented final period would be equal if not superior to his more acclaimed recordings of the 1950s".