I Get Along Without You Very Well

Chet Baker · 1954 · Ballade de Hoagy Carmichael chantée

Context

Ballad by Hoagy Carmichael, sung by Chet Baker on his first vocal record, recorded February 15, 1954. The album was released on Pacific Jazz and became his best seller.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool), 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)
• But Not for Me (1954)
• There Will Never Be Another You (1954)
• The Thrill Is Gone (1954)

Sources

• EN: Chet Baker Sings

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