But Not for Me

Chet Baker · 1954

Context

Gershwin standard that opens "Chet Baker Sings", the first vocal album by the trumpeter, recorded in Hollywood on February 15, 1954, for Pacific Jazz. The record became his biggest commercial success, despite divided critical opinion of his voice.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• I Fall in Love Too Easily (1954)
• My Funny Valentine (1954)
• The Wind (1954)
• Let's Get Lost (1955)
• Indian Summer (Scheveningen, 1955) (1955)

Sources

• EN: Chet Baker Sings

Jazzency text written from these pages. Method and licenses