Baker's Holiday  
Chet Baker
Along with Baby Breeze, this recording features some of Chet's last great vocal work. He's also seems to have mastered the flugelhorn after struggling a little in earlier recordings. Billie Holiday's mostly melancholy material was a good fit for Chet, and the lush, Nelson Riddle - style arrangements give this album a full sound. The drummer on this session was the great Connie Kay, of The Modern Jazz Quartet.

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Chet Baker - Flugelhorn, Vocals
Alan Ross, Henry Freeman, Seldon Powell,
Leon Cohen, Wilford Holcombe - Reeds
Everette Barksdale - Guitar
Hank Jones - Piano
Richard Davis - Bass
Connie Kay - Drums
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EmArcy 838 204-2
Recorded Spring 1965, New York
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 1. Travelin' Light - 3:10 
 2. Easy Living - 3:21 
 3. That Ole Devil Called Love - 3:15 
 4. You're My Thrill - 2:58 
 5. Crazy She Calls Me - 3:21 
 6. When Your Lover Has Gone - 2:52 
 7. Mean to Me - 3:35 
 8. These Foolish Things - 3:29 
 9. There Is No Greater Love - 2:32 
10. Don't Explain - 3:30

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