My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings
| My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings | ||||
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| Released | November 18, 2022 | |||
| Studio | Rittenhouse Soundworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz[1] | |||
| Length | 51:31 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Dualtone Records | |||
| Producer | David Stream | |||
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"The breath work, the pitch control, the poignancy, the gaiety; the deeper I got inside the music, the more I fell in love with everything about it... it was a revelatory experience. It didn't just change the way I thought about these songs; it changed the way I thought about myself as a singer and a songwriter. It changed everything."
My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings is a 2022 studio album by American musician Amos Lee, covering the 1954 album Chet Baker Sings.
Reception
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Matt Collar writing that covering the Great American Songbook is unexpected from Lee, whose music is generally made up of "rustic, countryfied folk and earthy R&B" and praised the vocal performance by Lee.[3] In a feature from WBGO, Trevor Smith wrote that "Amos' voice reaches new, lustrous levels throughout the project" and the tracks include "irreplaceable entries in The Great American Songbook".[4]
Track listing
- "That Old Feeling" (lyrics: Lew Brown, music: Sammy Fain) – 3:22
- "It’s Always You" (lyrics: Johnny Burke, music: Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:46
- "Like Someone in Love" (lyrics: Burke, music: Van Heusen) – 2:31
- "My Ideal" (lyrics: Leo Robin and Richard A. Whiting, music: Newell Chase) – 3:26
- "I’ve Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 4:24
- "My Buddy" (lyrics: Gus Kahn, music: Walter Donaldson) – 3:18
- "But Not for Me" (lyrics: Ira Gershwin, music: George Gershwin) – 2:24
- "Time After Time" (lyrics: Sammy Cahn, music: Jule Styne) – 2:51
- "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (lyrics: Jane Brown Thompson, music: Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:54
- "My Funny Valentine (For Oskar and Eli)" (lyrics: Lorenz Hart, music: Richard Rodgers) – 2:07
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (lyrics: Mack Gordon, music: Harry Warren) – 3:10
- "The Thrill Is Gone" (Jules Bihari, Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins, and B. B. King) – 2:33
- "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (lyrics: Cahn, music: Styne) – 3:24
- "Look for the Silver Lining" (lyrics: Buddy DeSylva, music: Jerome Kern) – 2:46
- "Everything Happens to Me" (lyrics: Tom Adair, music: Matt Dennis) – 3:06
- "I’m Old Fashioned" (lyrics: Johnny Mercer, music: Kern) – 5:29
Personnel
- Amos Lee – vocals, photography
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Denise Guerin – photography
- Christian Langdon – mixing
- Gilberto Lopez – illustration
- Anwar Marshall – drums
- Madison Rast – double bass
- Michael Richelle – engineering
- David Striem – piano, trumpet, production
- Burton Yount – art direction
See also
References
- ^ Keefer (November 4, 2022). "Amos Lee celebrates Chet Baker with My Ideal". KBCO. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ Mancini, Maggie (November 3, 2022). "Amos Lee to release tribute album to jazz legend Chet Baker". Culture. PhillyVoice. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ Collar, Matt (n.d.). "Amos Lee – My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ Smith, Trevor (November 21, 2022). "Singer-songwriter Amos Lee does a deep dive into the sound of Chet Baker's vocals". Music. WBGO. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
External links
- My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings at Discogs (list of releases)
- My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- A set of Baker tunes for World Cafe
