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The Touch of Your Lips (Chet Baker album)

The Touch of Your Lips
Studio album by
Chet Baker Trio
Released1979
RecordedJune 21, 1979
GenreJazz
Length47:43 CD release with bonus track
LabelSteepleChase
SCS 1122
ProducerNils Winther
Chet Baker chronology
Ballads for Two
(1979) 		The Touch of Your Lips
(1979) 		Rendez-Vous
(1979)

The Touch of Your Lips is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker, recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1][2][3][4]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]

The Globe and Mail wrote that, "with his subtle trumpet and vocal styles, he is one of the great expressionists, an artist whose emotional power exceeds his musical virtuosity."[8]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This was the perfect setting during his later years. The trumpeter (who also sings on two of the six songs) sounds very relaxed and comfortable".[5]

Track listing

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  1. "I Waited for You" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) – 8:08
  2. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:04
  3. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 5:57
  4. "The Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:40
  5. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 8:19
  6. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:45
  7. "Autumn in New York" [take 2] (Duke) – 4:47 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed May 22, 2017
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/30000 series discography accessed May 22, 2017
  3. ^ Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 22, 2017
  4. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 22, 2017
  5. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Touch of Your Lips – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  8. ^ Miller, Mark (August 30, 1980). "The Touch of Your Lips Chet Baker". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.