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The Best 100 Jazz Ever Released on CD
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Once Chet Baker arrived in California from his native Oklahoma, his career exploded. After landing gigs with Charlie Parker and Gerry Mulligan, Baker soon found himself a solo star and bandleader. Not long after that, he also found himself whispering love songs into a microphone. Baker was not gifted with the most robust voice of the day. Indeed, listening to pure singers like Nat "King" Cole or Johnny Hartman can expose Baker's weaknesses, but what Baker did, he did well. By choosing wistful, so-young, so-in-love tunes, Baker was able to pour his heart into the material, sketching soft, romantic moods and painting him
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Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
Release date: 4 August 1989
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0077779293223 UPC: 077779293223
Release date: 4 August 1989
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0077779293223 UPC: 077779293223
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