Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe by Baker, Chet (Record, 2015)

IMT, Waxtime

8436542018135

20046062537

Baker, Chet

Record

2015

Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe

Jazz

12.28in

0.21in

12.27in

0.67lb.

8

Spain

1

EU-only 180gm vinyl LP pressing including bonus track and digital download. Although Chet Baker and Bill Evans were both highly lyrical and introspective players who could have made a marvelous team, they only recorded together on a couple of occasions. The reasons behind their limited association are unclear. The third Baker-Evans session, featuring Herbie Mann and Pepper Adams, was part of a Baker project dedicated to the music of composer Frederick Loewe and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner. The album was titled Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe, and included a July 22, 1959 date with Evans (their last preserved encounter) plus a session from the previous day on which Evans wasn't present (the pianist was Bob Corwin).

1.1 I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face 1.2 I Could Have Danced All Night 1.3 The Heather on the Hill 1.4 On the Street Where You Live 1.5 Almost Like Being in Love 1.6 Thank Heaven for Little Girls 1.7 I Talk to the Trees 1.8 Show Me