1954 Chet Baker – Chet Baker & Strings
Chet Baker & Strings is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in late 1953 and early 1954 and released on the Columbia label.
Tracks
1 You Don’t Know What Love Is (Don Raye; Gene De Paul) 03:32
2 I’m Thru With Love (Fud Livingston; Gus Kahn; Matty Malneck) 02:36
3 Love Walked In (Ira Gershwin; George Gershwin) 02:56
4 You Better Go Now (Bickley Reichner; Robert Graham) 03:04
5 I Married An Angel (Lorenz Hart; Richard Rodgers) 03:35
6 Love (Hugh Martin; Ralph Blane) 06:08
7 I Love You (Cole Porter) 02:46
8 What A Diff’rence A Day Made (Maria Grever; Stanley Adams) 05:26
9 Why Shouldn’t I? (Cole Porter) 03:34
10 A Little Duet For Zoot And Chet (Jack Montrose) 02:36
11 The Wind (Russel D Freeman) 04:00
12 Trickleydidlier (Shorty Rogers) 02:40
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Joe Mondragon |
| Drums | Shelly Manne |
| Piano | Russel D Freeman |
| Sax | Bud Shank |
| Sax | Zoot Sims |
| Sax | Jack Montrose |
| Trumpet | Chet Baker |
Other Musicians
Strings – Eudice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin, George Kast, Jacques Gasselin, Lou Kievman*, Paul Robyn, Paul Shure, Samuel Cytron, Victor Gottlieb
Liner Notes
Producer – Richard Bock
Arranged By – Johnny Mandel (Tracks 1, 6, 7, 11)
Arranged By – Shorty Rogers (Tracks 2, 8, 9)
Arranged By – Jack Montrose (Track 4)
Score – Marty Paich (Tracks 3, 5)
Photography – William James Claxton
Mastered At Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
Record Company Columbia Records Inc