Vinyl Record

Chet Baker - Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings

Chet Baker - Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings. LP · Jazz. Sold out at Kilmorna Collection, retained online as part of the catalogue archive.

LP · Jazz

Sold out at Kilmorna Collection, retained online as part of the catalogue archive.

Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings catches Chet Baker in that fragile space between cool jazz poise and pop intimacy. The voice is close and unguarded, the trumpet keeps its soft-focus lyricism, and the arrangements add a gentle frame without crowding him.

The record matters because it shows Baker as both singer and instrumental presence, two parts of the same cool, understated personality.

A strong pick for Chet Baker collectors and for listeners who want vocal jazz with a more nocturnal, West Coast shape.

Cool jazz with soft trumpet, intimate vocals, light strings and relaxed West Coast phrasing.