Sings and Plays
Chet Baker
An odd mix of straight-ahead jazz with a quartet and a few tracks with strings (just cellos). All of them sound good, its just strange hearing them together on one album. Here you will find the classic Lets Get Lost in 2 versions. In the more common version, Chet takes the first solo after the vocal. Here we hear an alternate take with Russ Freeman taking that solo. It's not really an alternate take, it is just edited differently (poorly, as typical with Pacific Jazz recordings). Let's Get Lost would become so connected with Chet, yet for some reason he rarely ever recorded that tune after this one session.

Many of these tracks were released on Pacific Jazz CD's: My Funny Valentine and Grey December.

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Chet Baker - Trumpet, Vocals 
Bud Shank - Flute (#2, 4, 6, 9)
Russ Freeman - Piano
Red Mitchell - Bass (#2, 4, 6, 9)
Carson Smith - Bass (#1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Bob Neel - Drums
Corky Hale - Harp (#2, 4, 6, 9)
Ed Lustgarten - Cello (#2, 4, 6, 9)
Ray Kramer  - Cello (#2, 4, 6, 9)
Eleanor Slatkin - Cello (#2, 4, 6, 9)
Kurt Reher - Cello (#2, 4, 6, 9)
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Pacific Jazz PJ-79967
Recorded February 28, 1955, Los Angeles (#2, 4, 6, 9)
March 7, 1955,  Los Angeles (#1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
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 1. Let's Get Lost - 3:42
 2. This Is Always - 3:04
 3. Long Ago and Far Away - 3:54
 4. Someone To Watch Over Me - 3:01
 5. Just Friends - 2:41
 6. I Wish I Knew - 3:56 
 7. Daybreak - 2:38
 8. You Don't Know What Love Is - 4:47
 9. Grey December - 3:39
10. I Remember You - 3:12
11. Let's Get Lost [EP Take] - 2:54
 

 

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