Chet Baker – Baker’s Holiday: AS Verve (180g Vinyl LP)

Chet Baker’s Baker’s Holiday on 180g LP. Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at QRP and Packaged in a Stoughton Printing Gatefold Old-Style Tip-On Jacket.

Baker’s Holiday is an album of songs associated with Billie Holiday by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Limelight label. Baker pays tribute to Holiday with mellow trumpet solos and occasional vocals. Baker’s backed by a full sax section and a four-piece rhythm section that includes pianist Hank Jones; Jimmy Munday contributed the colorful arrangements. Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, says “His performance of ten songs associated with Lady Day (most of which he had not recorded previously) is often exquisite.”

Seeking to offer definitive audiophile grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded, Verve’s vinyl reissue series utilizes the skills of top mastering engineers and the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings. All titles are mastered from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co. in high-quality gatefold sleeves with tip-on jackets.

Musicians:
Chet Baker – Flugelhorn
Alan Ross – Reeds
Henry Freeman – Reeds
Seldon Power – Reeds
Leon Cohen – Reeds
Wilford Holcombe – Reeds
Everett Barksdale – Guitar
Hank Jones – Piano
Richard Davis – Bass
Connie Ray – Drums

1. Travelin’ Light
2. Easy Living
3. That Ole Devil Called Love
4. You’re My Thrill
5. Crazy She Calls Me
6. When Your Love Has Gone
7. Mean yo Me
8. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
9. There Is No Greater Love
10. Don’t Explain