Chet Baker- Baker's Holiday

Label: Mercury

Released 1996

Baker's Holiday finds Chet Baker effectively paying tribute to Billie Holiday with mellow trumpet solos and occasional vocals. Baker is backed by a full sax section and a four-piece rhythm section that includes pianist Hank Jones; Jimmy Mundy contributed the colorful arrangements. His performance of ten songs associated with Lady Day (most of which he had not recorded previously) is often exquisite.

Track Listing:

1. Trav'lin' Light
2. Easy Living
3. That Ole Devil Called Love
4. You're My Thrill
5. Crazy She Calls Me
6. When Your Lover Has Gone
7. Mean to Me
8. These Foolish Things
9. There Is No Greater Love
10. Don't Explain