My Funny Valentine

Chet Baker · 1954 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Recorded in 1954 on Chet Baker's first album with vocals, this standard quickly became his signature track, which he played regularly in concert. An earlier version, recorded in 1953 by the Gerry Mulligan quartet that Baker belonged to, was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2015.

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.

Cited in 2 radio episodes

• Nov 7, 2025: My Funny Valentine : Chet Baker, pour l'amour d'un standard (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)
• Feb 14, 2025: My Funny Valentine : Chet Baker, pour l'amour d'un standard (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• I Fall in Love Too Easily (1954)
• The Wind (1954)
• But Not for Me (1954)
• Let's Get Lost (1955)
• Indian Summer (Scheveningen, 1955) (1955)

Sources

• EN: Chet Baker Sings
• EN: My Funny Valentine

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