Chet Baker - The Very Best of Chet Baker [EMI]

Pacific Jazz's The Very Best of Chet Baker compiles many of iconic jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's superb tracks he recorded for the label in the '50s. Included are such classic cuts as his vocal version of "My Funny Valentine," "Time After Time," "The Thrill Is Gone," and others. One would be hard pressed to call this a definitive "best-of" in that no cuts Baker recorded while with saxophonist Gerry Mulligan appear here. Nonetheless, as an introduction to the trumpeter's own quartet work this is fine. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide

Name Credits Art Pepper Sax (Alto) Bob Brookmeyer Trombone (Valve) Bob Gordon Sax (Baritone) Bob Neel Drums Bobby Timmons Piano Bud Shank Flute, Sax (Baritone) Carl Perkins Piano Carole Reiff Photography Carson Smith Bass Chet Baker Vocals, Trumpet Corky Hale Harp Curtis Counce Bass Donald Elfman Liner Notes Edgar Lustgarten Cello Eleanor Slatkin Cello Gordon Jee Creative Director Herb Geller Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) Jack Montrose Arranger, Sax (Tenor) Jimmy Bond Bass Joe Mondragon Bass Karen Thomas Package Design Kurt Lundvall Mastering Kurt Reher Cello Larance Marable Drums Larry Bunker Drums Leroy Vinnegar Bass Marty Paich Arranger Michael Cuscuna Compilation Producer, Reissue Producer Peter Littman Drums Phil Urso Sax (Tenor) Ray Kramer Cello Red Mitchell Bass Richard Bock Original Session Producer, Audio Production Russ Freeman Piano Shelly Manne Drums