Chet Baker - The Best of Chet Baker Sings

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Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine

My Funny Valentine 
Sweet Comic Valentine 
You Make Me Smile With My Heart 
You're Looks Are Laughable, 
Unphotographable 
Yet You're My Favorite Work Of Art 
Is Your FigureLess Than Greek 
Is Your Mouth A Little Weak 
When You Open It To Speak 
Are You Smart 
Don't Change A Hair For Me 
Not If You Care For Me 
Stay Little Valentine Stay 
Each Day Is Valentine's Day

Review by Richie Unterberger (allmusic)

To much of the pop (as opposed to the jazz) audience, Chet Baker was known not as an able cool jazz trumpeter, but as a romantic balladeer. The two classifications were not mutually exclusive; Baker's vocal numbers would also feature his trumpet playing, as well as fine instrumental support from West Coast cool jazzers. For those who prefer the vocal side of the Baker canon, this is an excellent compilation of his best vintage material in that mode. The 20 tracks draw from sessions covering the era when he was generally conceded to be at his vocal peak (1953-1956), and are dominated by standards from the likes of Rodgers & Hart, Carmichael, Gershwin, and Kern. Baker's singing was white and naïve in the best senses, with a quavering, uncertain earnestness that embodied a certain (safe) strain of mid-'50s bohemianism. That's the Baker heard on this collection, which contains some his most famous interpretations, including "My Funny Valentine," "Time After Time," "There Will Never Be Another You," and "Let's Get Lost."

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