(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You

May 2025 It Could Happen to You Album Chet Baker ChetBaker It Could Happen To You.jpg November 3, 1958Billboard Nov 3, 1958 August 1958Reeves Sound Studios, New York City Jazz 52:39 (2010 reissue) RiversideRLP 12-278 Bill Grauer Chet Baker Stan Meets Chet 1958 Chet Baker in New York 1958 (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You is an album by jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker. It follows a formula similar to two other Baker albums, Chet Baker Sings (1954) and Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman & Strings (recorded in 1955, released in 1964http://www.allmusic.com/album/chet-baker-sings-and-plays-with-bud-shank-russ-freeman-and-strings-r134880/review Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings Review allmusic 20 March 2012) in which he sings traditional pop standards in a jazzy fashion. Unlike those records, It Could Happen to You features songs with Baker playing no trumpet whatsoever, opting to scat in place of an instrumental solo.https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/it-could-happen-to-you/id182848131 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225020242/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/it-could-happen-to-you/id182848131 dead February 25, 2012 It Could Happen to You Information iTunes 1 May 2011 In 2010, it was remastered and reissued on CD by Original Jazz Classics with two previously unissued takes. Reception Allmusic 4 5album r153060 yes It Could Happen to You Information Allmusic 1 May 2011 Pitchfork 8.3/10Chet Baker: The Legendary Riverside Albums https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/chet-baker-the-legendary-riverside-albums/ Pitchfork 20 September 2020 en The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 3 4 Cook Richard Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton Brian Morton (Scottish writer) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 9th The Penguin Guide to Jazz 2008 Penguin London 978-0-14-103401-0 66 The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album 4 stars and states: One immediate distinction between these vocal sides and those recorded earlier in the decade for Pacific Jazz is the lissome quality of Baker's playing and, most notably, his increased capacity as a vocalist. The brilliant song selection certainly doesn't hurt either. This is an essential title in Chet Baker's 30-plus year canon Planer, Lindsay Allmusic review Track listing Do It the Hard Way Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 3:00 I'm Old Fashioned Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer 5:03 You're Driving Me Crazy Walter Donaldson 2:53 It Could Happen to You Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke 2:49 My Heart Stood Still Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 3:26 The More I See You Harry Warren, Mack Gordon 3:03 Everything Happens to Me Matt Dennis, Tom Adair 5:02 Dancing on the Ceiling Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 3:08 How Long Has This Been Going On? George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 4:10 Old Devil Moon Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg 2:59 1987 CD reissue bonus tracks While My Lady Sleeps Bronisław Kaper, Gus Kahn 4:21 You Make Me Feel So Young Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon 3:38 2010 CD reissue "Do It the Hard Way" – 3:03 "I'm Old Fashioned" – 5:06 "You're Driving Me Crazy" – 2:56 "It Could Happen to You" – 2:53 "My Heart Stood Still" – 3:28 "The More I See You" – 3:06 "Everything Happens to Me" – 5:05 "Dancing on the Ceiling" – 3:09 "How Long Has This Been Going On?" – 4:10 "Old Devil Moon" – 2:58 "While My Lady Sleeps" [Take 10] – 4:22 "You Make Me Feel So Young" [Take 5] – 3:41 "The More I See You" [Take 8] – 2:51 "Everything Happens to Me" [Take 2] – 4:51 Personnel Chet Baker – vocals, trumpet Kenny Drew – piano George Morrow (#1–2, 5, 7–8, 14), Sam Jones (#3–4, 6, 9–13) – bass Philly Joe Jones (#1–2, 5–8, 10–14), Dannie Richmond (#3–4, 9) – drums References Category:1958 albums Category:Riverside Records albums Category:Chet Baker albums Category:Vocal jazz albums