Chet's Choice

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Chet's Choice

| type = Album

| artist = Chet Baker Trio featuring Philip Catherine

| cover = Chet's Choice.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1985

| recorded = June 6 & 25, 1985

| venue =

| studio = Studio 44, Monster, Holland

| genre = Jazz

| length = 63:52 CD release with bonus tracks

| label = Criss Cross Jazz
1016

| producer = Gerry Teekens

| chronology = Chet Baker

| prev_title = I Remember You

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Strollin'

| next_year = 1985

}}

Chet's Choice is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#criss-cross-jazz-criss-1016 Chet Baker Catalog] accessed May 22, 2017[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/chet-baker-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker] accessed May 29, 2017

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 68}}

}}

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "One of the best settings for trumpeter Chet Baker was when he was accompanied by a guitar-bass duo. ... This is one of Baker's better albums from his later period".{{AllMusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|class=album |id= mw0000269746 |title=Chet's Choice – Review |accessdate=May 29, 2017}}

Track listing

  1. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:37
  2. "Sad Walk" (Bob Zieff) – 5:30
  3. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 6:20
  4. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 4:48
  5. "My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 9:30 Bonus track on CD release
  6. "Conception" (Miles Davis) – 4:40
  7. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 9:08
  8. "Adriano" (Philip Catherine) – 4:02
  9. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:36 Bonus track on CD release
  10. "Stella by Starlight" (Young, Washington) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

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