My Funny Valentine - The Essential Collection

~ Release by Chet Baker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1My Funny Valentine
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1952-09-02)
bass:
Carson Smith (on 1952-09-02)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1952-09-02)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1952-09-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (from 2006 to present)
recorded at:
Black Hawk in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1952-09-02)
instrumental cover recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1952-09-02)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司 (1995–2019)), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
2:57
2She Didn't Say Yes, She Didn't Say No
2:34
3Lullaby of the Leaves
recording of:
Lullaby of the Leaves
lyricist:
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Bernice Petkere
3:15
4The Lady Is a Tramp
recording of:
The Lady Is a Tramp (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
Pal Joey
3:13
5Moonlight in Vermont4:07
6Makin' Whoopee3:28
7My Old Flame
instrumental recording of:
My Old Flame (in 1953)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
4.353:13
8Love Me or Leave Me
recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
2:44
9I May Be Wrong
recording of:
I May Be Wrong
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
2:51
10I'm Beginning to See the Light
recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
3:36
11The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:52
12Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
4:24
13The Thrill Is Gone2:46
14You Don't Know What Love Is
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-12-31)
producer:
Richard Bock (record producer)
bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1953-12-31)
cello:
Victor Gottlieb (on 1953-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1953-12-31)
piano:
Russ Freeman (pianist) (on 1953-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1953-12-31)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1953-12-31)
viola:
Lou Kievman (violist) (on 1953-12-31) and Paul Robyn (on 1953-12-31)
violin:
Sam Cytron (on 1953-12-31), Jacques Gasselin (on 1953-12-31), George Kast (on 1953-12-31), Eudice Shapiro (Violinist) (on 1953-12-31), Paul Shure (on 1953-12-31) and Felix Slatkin (on 1953-12-31)
cover recording of:
You Don’t Know What Love Is (on 1953-12-31)
lyricist and composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
33:30
15I'm Thru With Love
recording of:
I’m Thru With Love
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Fud Livingston and Matty Malneck
publisher:
Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, Inc. (pre‐MGM/UA Entertainment Co. era, 1924–1981) (on 1931-04-17)
2:39
16Love Walked In
recording of:
Love Walked In
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938)
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
2:58
17You Better Go Now
recording of:
You Better Go Now
writer:
Irvin Graham and Bickley Reichner
publisher:
Chappell Music, Inc. (publisher)
3:06
18I Married an Angel
recording of:
I Married an Angel
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
I Married an Angel (full musical)
3:37
19Why Shouldn't I?
recording of:
Why Shouldn’t I?
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
3:36
20Trickleydidlier
recording of:
Trickleydidlier
composer:
Shorty Rogers (trumpet)
2:40
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