Music CD - Chet Baker: My Funny Valentine

	Music CD: My Funny Valentine Artist: Chet Baker List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $3.15 Your Save: $ 8.83 ( 74% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Tracks: 1. My Funny Valentine 2. Someone To Watch Over Me 3. Moonlight Becomes You 4. This Is Always 5. I'm Glad There Is You 6. Time After Time 7. Sweet Lorraine 8. It's Always You 9. Let's Get Lost 10. Moon Love 11. Like Someone In Love 12. I've Never Been In Love Before 13. Isn't It Romantic? 14. I Fall In Love Too Easily
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724382826224 Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: 1994-01-25 Studio: Blue Note Records
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: My Funny Valentine Comment: Marvelous CD. It took us back, in a pleasant way, to the time we were young. Music that makes you feel good and relaxing. Customer Rating: Summary: My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker Comment: Dreadful shame this man died so young. So much talent both singing and playing the trumpet. A smooth, easy listening cd. Highly recommended Customer Rating: Summary: Sweet and Sultry and Simply Spectacular! Comment: This music is perfect for a rainy day curled up on the couch by the fire with your significant other by your side. It's a shame they don't make music like this anymore. My favorite of all Chet's albums and one of my all-time favorites period. His rendition of "My Funny Valentine" is my personal favorite (even trumping Sinatra's wonderful version). There is not one song that disappoints, the whole CD is an absolute treasure. The man knew his limitations as a singer, and although he wasn't blessed with a voice like 'Ol Blue Eyes' or Johnny Hartman it's the raw emotion that he puts into the songs and the way he is able to phrase them (ala Billie Holiday) that makes it so special. Also his trumpet playing is absolutely superb as usual. One of the most romantic albums you will ever hear! I promise you will not be disappointed. Now go out and buy it now and play it on that special date with the woman (or man) of your dreams. Customer Rating: Summary: The right product at the right time Comment: The product I had ordered arrived within the announced expected lead time. Customer Rating: Summary: Beautiful Comment: Saw an old video clip of Elvis Costello and Chet Baker on Utube and have read stories where EC raves about him. He is right. Beautiful songs and voice and horns. Highly recommended. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Chet Baker was at the height of his popularity, the epitome of cool jazz, when these tracks were recorded for Pacific Jazz between 1952 and 1954. While Baker could hold his own in bop settings, the emphasis in this collection is squarely on his lyrical approach to ballads, whether singing or playing trumpet, with just a rhythm section or an added string orchestra. His vocals were absolutely distinctive, sung in a high-pitched, even fragile voice seemingly drained of emotion and yet possessing an inherent charm, a detachment that might be both the antithesis of style and its definition, whether it's heard as sensitivity or indifference. The singing is a double of his trumpet playing here, spare and barely present but achieving much through nuance and suggestion. Pianist Russ Freeman is an almost constant partner, supplying deft chords and harmonic daring, amplifying Baker's ideas. Their empathy is especially evident in the beautiful instrumental "Moon Love," but it's just as significant on signature Baker songs such as "My Funny Valentine," "Let's Get Lost," and "Like Someone in Love." --Stuart Broomer