The Sue Richardson Quartet plays Chet Baker: Too Cool
Author: Peter Quinn
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Musicians: |
Sue Richardson (v, t, flhn) |
Label: |
Splashpoint Records |
Magazine Review Date: |
July/2013 |
RecordDate: |
January 2013 |
Too Cool presents some of the music from the similarly named show Sue Richardson has written to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chet Baker’s death. Taking a fascinating, multi-perspective approach, alongside the trumpeter’s new Chet-inspired compositions we also get to hear some of Chet’s own songs plus one of the standards that he is most strongly associated with, ‘My Funny Valentine’. Featuring new English lyrics courtesy of Georgia Mancio, the Baker original ‘Chetty’s Lullaby’ is beautifully done, unfolding in one single, expressive arc. Of Richardson’s originals, ‘On A Moon Beam’ is a standout: understated, with wide-open spaces, and plugging straight into that singular melancholy that Baker made into an art. Heard earlier as an instrumental, the album’s bonus track, a delicately floating vocal version of Baker’s ‘So Che Ti Perderò (I Know I Will Lose You)’, rounds off this impressive, personal tribute.

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