Once Upon a Summertime (Chet Baker album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Once Upon a Summertime
| type = Album
| artist = Chet Baker
| cover = Once Upon a Summertime (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = February 20, 1977
| venue =
| studio = Sound Ideas Studio, NYC
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:35
| label = Artists House
{{small|AH 11}}
| producer = John Snyder
| chronology = Chet Baker
| prev_title = Deep in a Dream of You
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = You Can't Go Home Again
| next_year = 1977
}}
Once Upon a Summertime is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Artists House label in 1980.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#artists-house-ah-11 Chet Baker Catalog] accessed May 25, 2017[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/chet-baker-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker] accessed May 25, 2017[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Artists_House.htm Artists House discography] accessed May 25, 2017
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. |year=1985|title=The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide|publisher=Random House/Rolling Stone|location=USA|isbn=0-394-72643-X|pages=18}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "The challenging material ("The Song Is You" is the only one of the five songs that is a standard) inspires the musicians to play creative solos".{{AllMusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|class=album |id= mw0000202911 |title=Once Upon a Summertime – Review |accessdate=May 25, 2017}}
Track listing
- "Tidal Breeze" (Harold Danko) – 6:49
- "Shifting Down" (Kenny Dorham) – 7:30
- "E.S.P." (Wayne Shorter) – 5:39
- "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:15
- "Once Upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand) – 11:22
Personnel
References
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