The Touch of Your Lips (Chet Baker album) explained

The Touch of Your Lips
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chet Baker Trio
Cover:	The Touch of Your Lips (Chet Baker album).jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	June 21, 1979
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	47:43 CD release with bonus track
Label:	SteepleChase SCS 1122
Producer:	Nils Winther
Chronology:	Chet Baker
Prev Title:	Ballads for Two
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Rendez-Vous
Next Year:	1979

The Touch of Your Lips is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker, recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that, "with his subtle trumpet and vocal styles, he is one of the great expressionists, an artist whose emotional power exceeds his musical virtuosity."^[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This was the perfect setting during his later years. The trumpeter (who also sings on two of the six songs) sounds very relaxed and comfortable".

Track listing

1. "I Waited for You" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) – 8:08
2. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:04
3. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 5:57
4. "The Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:40
5. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 8:19
6. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:45
7. "Autumn in New York" [take 2] (Duke) – 4:47 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

• Chet Baker – trumpet, vocals
• Doug Raney – guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass

Notes and References

1. http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/chet-baker-the-touch-of-your-lips-sccd-31122/ SteepleChase Productions ApS
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1100.htm Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/30000 series discography
3. http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1122 Chet Baker Catalog
4. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/chet-baker-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker
5. News: Miller . Mark . The Touch of Your Lips Chet Baker . The Globe and Mail . 30 Aug 1980 . F6.