You Can't Go Home Again (album) explained

You Can't Go Home Again
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chet Baker
Border:	yes
Released:	1977
Recorded:	February 16, 21–22 & May 13, 1977
Studio:	Sound Ideas Studio, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	155:34 (2CD)
Label:	Horizon Verve (2CD)
Producer:	Don Sebesky
Chronology:	Chet Baker
Prev Title:	Once Upon a Summertime
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	The Best Thing for You
Next Year:	1977

You Can't Go Home Again is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker, recorded in 1977 and released on the Horizon label.^{[1] [2] [3]} In 2000, the album was rereleased as a double CD with additional tracks from The Best Thing for You (1989) along with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Heather Phares calls it "one of Baker's most important latter-day albums".

Track listing

Original LP release (1977)

A1. "Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) – 12:58

A2. "Un Poco Loco" (Bud Powell) – 9:20

B1. "You Can't Go Home Again" (Don Sebesky) – 5:43

B2. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 13:44

Double CD release (2000)

Disc 1

1. "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 13:03
2. "Un Poco Loco" (Powell) – 9:26
3. "You Can't Go Home Again" (Sebesky) – 5:47
4. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 14:18
5. "The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) – 4:20
6. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" (George Bassman, Ned Washington/ Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 6:05
7. "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:38
8. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 5:49
9. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:43
10. "You Can't Go Home Again" [alternate take] (Sebesky) – 6:31
11. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" [alternate take] (Bassman, Washington/Carey, Fischer) – 6:08

Disk 2

1. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 17:13
2. "Out of Our Hands" (Richie Beirach) – 10:36
3. "Broken Wing" (Beirach) – 5:21
4. "Paradox" (Beirach) – 6:09
5. "Blues" (Traditional) – 7:59
6. "The Best Thing for You" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 4:28
7. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 5:45
8. "If You Could See Me Now" [alternate take] (Dameron, Sigman) – 5:02
9. "El Morro" [incomplete take] (Sebesky) – 13:13

Personnel

• Chet Baker – trumpet
  • • • • Hubert Laws – flute, bass flute, piccolo Paul Desmond – alto saxophone Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone John Campo – bassoon Don Sebesky, Kenny Barron – electric piano
• Richie Beirach – electric piano, clavinet
• John Scofield – guitar
• Gene Bertoncini – acoustic guitar
• Ron Carter – bass
• Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
• Tony Williams – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion String section arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky
  • Charles Libove, David Nadien, Diana Halprin, Harold Kohon, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Paul Gersham, Rochelle Abramson – violin
  • Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy – cello

Notes and References

1. Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan. M. A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series accessed May 25, 2017
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#a-m-horizon-sp-726 Chet Baker Catalog
3. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/chet-baker-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker