FredAngeregt durch die Diskussion im Chet Baker Thread
Chet Baker – Baker’s Holiday
(LP Limelight LM 82019 Mono)
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FriedrichUnd, wie ist das? Schreib doch ruhig was im Chet Baker-Thread.
die stammt noch aus einer Zeit, wo ich von Chet Baker wahllos alles gekauft hab, was bei meinem Dealer auf Vinyl zu bekommen war, sprich unbedingt haben muss man sie nicht. Mir ist sie einfach zu mellow und eher geeignet um Deinen salzigen Frühstückskaffee zu versüssen.
aber hör selbst
aus den liner notes:
The late Billie Holiday left behind, as a reminder of her greatness, a huge body of recordings. Her singing was only a part of the legacy, however. Billie’s introduction of many new songs, and what she did with the old songs, helped to swell the storehouse of the jazz repertoire for all the singers and players who grew up with her, as well as those who came after.
This is a tribute to Lady Day from one who is both a singer and a player – fluegelhornist Chet Baker. „Her style was so unique – so different,“ he says of Billie. „She had a way of combining singing and talking a tune that was very intimate. One thing I really liked about her was that she never raised her voice. At least I never heard her shout. Her way of singing really reflected a lot of soul. Billie Holiday was Billie Holiday – that’s all. She was great. She always did the best tunes, tunes that really lent themselves to her style of singing. She really didn’t have a great voice, but what she did with it…“
Chet, another vocalist who doesn’t shout, began singing long before he took up the trumpet. „When I was 11 or 12, my mother used to drag me around to the amateur contests that they had in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoons. I never won but I was second once. Even at that time, I was singing the current ballads. I sang in a church choir at the same time – 1941 and 1942.
„My phrasing as a singer,“ continues Baker, „has been influenced a lot by my playing. If I hadn’t been a trumpet player, I don’t know if I would have arrived at singing that way eventually. I probably wouldn’t have.
„The things I’m really conscious of when I sing are intonation, good diction without over-enunciating, a casual, relaxed way of phrasing, and singing in tune.“
In mentioning some of his favorite singers, Chet says, „I like Frank (Sinatra), of course, Mel Torme, David Allen,“ and adds, „but I’ve never listened to singers with the idea of copying anybody.“
This has long been evident in Baker’s tender, highly personal style and is reiterated by the vocals in this set: Travelin‘ Light; Easy Living; When You Lover Has Gone; and There Is No Greater Love.
The sound of his fluegelhorn is warm and tender, too, but there is also some good, medium-tempo swinging among the instrumental selections: That Old Devil Called Love; You’re My Thrill; Crazy She Calls Me; Mean To Me; These Foolish Things; and Don’t Explain.
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