''Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace'' is an album by trumpeter

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

featuring vocalist

Johnny Pace Johnny Pace (born 1929, Paterson, New Jersey – 1979) was an American jazz and blues vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s, although he had limited recording and was overshadowed by Frank Sinatra, he rivalled Johnny Desmond, Chet Baker and Bobby Darin ...

which was recorded in 1958 and released on the

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label early the following year.Chet Baker discography
accessed August 14, 2013

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars stating "Pace delivers a winning program of standards in a style that owes an obvious debt to Frank Sinatra, but distinguishes itself by means of fruitier tone and an occasionally pronounced vibrato... Recommended".Anderson, R
Allmusic listing
accessed August 13, 2013

Track listing

# " All or Nothing at All" ( Arthur Altman,

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) – 3:21 # " Crazy She Calls Me" ( Bob Russell,

Carl Sigman Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in ...

) – 4:13 # "

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" ( Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 3:15 # "This Is Always" ( Mack Gordon,

Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...

) – 3:38 # " When the Sun Comes Out" (

Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ...

, Ted Koehler) – 4:04 # "What Is There to Say?" ( Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 3:41 # " Ev'rything I've Got" (

Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include " Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Bewitched, Both ...

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...

) – 2:44 # "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together" ( Henry Manners, Robert Sour) – 3:15 # " It Might as Well Be Spring" (

Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in the musical theater for almost 40 years. He won eight Ton ...

, Rodgers) – 3:53 # " Yesterdays" ( Otto Harbach, Kern) – 5:00 *Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on December 23 (tracks 1, 2 & 9), December 29 (tracks 3 & 5–7) and December 30 (tracks 4, 6 & 8), 1958.

Personnel

– vocals *

– trumpet * Herbie Mann – flute *Joe Berle – piano *

Vinnie Burke Vinnie Burke (born Vincenzo Bucci) (March 15, 1921 – February 1, 2001) was an American jazz bassist born in Newark, New Jersey.Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'' Oxford University Press (1999) p94 Burke play ...

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* Philly Joe Jones – drums

References

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