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Chet Baker and Strings
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by Chet Baker
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This review is from: Chet Baker & Strings (Audio CD)
Chet doesn't sing on this 1953 release, unfortunately. The CD reissue clocks in at about 46 minutes with a few bonus tracks, and sounds great considering its age. This is great for background if dining (or otherwise occupied) with a special partner. The strings, flute, saxophones, piano, bass and drums enhance the songs without overshadowing Chet himself. It impresses more with repeated playing, as one gets beneath the "easy listening" sheen. There's a Miles Davis compilation, also on Columbia, called "Love Songs" which was issued to accomplish the same purpose as this Baker effort. The Davis disc features mellow trumpeting from 1957-65 or so, and has no songs in common with "Chet and Strings." I own both, and I like both artists, but the Baker is definitely better for casual listening while romancing or relaxing. The Davis CD is simply less interesting and too bland, something that certainly could not be said about much in his catalogue. Chet came to mass popularity before Miles, but Davis beat heroin in 1954 and the drug finally killed Baker in the 80's, destroying his U.S. career decades earlier. Davis had a wider and deeper talent, but Chet Baker was in these early releases quite a phenom.
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