How Long Has This Been Going on Chet Baker

1958 studio anthology by Chet Baker

It Could Happen to You

Studio album by

Chet Baker

Released

Nov 3, 1958^[ane]

Recorded

August 1958
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

52:39 (2010 reissue)

Characterization

Riverside
RLP 12-278

Producer

Pecker Grauer

Chet Bakery chronology

Stan Meets Chet
(1958)

Information technology Could Happen to You
(1958)

Chet Baker in New York
(1958)

(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You is an anthology by jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker. Information technology follows a formula similar to two other Baker albums, Chet Baker Sings (1954) and Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman & Strings (recorded in 1955, released in 1964^[2]) in which he sings traditional pop standards in a jazzy fashion. Unlike the aforementioned records, on It Could Happen to Y'all, on a few tracks, Bakery plays no trumpet whatsoever, opting to scat in place of an instrumental solo.^[3]

In 2010, it was remastered and reissued on CD past Original Jazz Classics with two previously unissued takes.

Reception [ edit ]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[four]
Pitchfork	8.3/10^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album four stars and states:

One immediate distinction betwixt these song sides and those recorded earlier in the decade for Pacific Jazz is the lissome quality of Baker'southward playing and, nigh notably, his increased chapters as a vocalist. The brilliant song selection certainly doesn't hurt either. This is an essential title in Chet Bakery'due south 30-plus year catechism

Track listing [ edit ]

No.	Championship	Writer(s)	Length
ane.	"Do It the Difficult Way"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	3:00
2.	"I'm Old Fashioned"	Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer	5:03
3.	"You're Driving Me Crazy"	Walter Donaldson	2:53
4.	"Information technology Could Happen to You"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	2:49
5.	"My Heart Stood Yet"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	3:26
6.	"The More I See You lot"	Harry Warren, Mack Gordon	3:03
vii.	"Everything Happens to Me"	Matt Dennis, Tom Adair	5:02
8.	"Dancing on the Ceiling"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	3:08
9.	"How Long Has This Been Going On?"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	4:10
10.	"Quondam Devil Moon"	Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg	2:59

1987 CD reissue bonus tracks [ edit ]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"While My Lady Sleeps"	Bronisłau Kaper, Gus Kahn	4:21
12.	"You lot Make Me Feel And then Young"	Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon	iii:38

2010 CD reissue [ edit ]

"Do It the Difficult Way" – 3:03
"I'thou Sometime Fashioned" – v:06
"You lot're Driving Me Crazy" – 2:56
"It Could Happen to You" – 2:53
"My Heart Stood Still" – 3:28
"The More than I See You lot" – iii:06
"Everything Happens to Me" – 5:05
"Dancing on the Ceiling" – 3:09
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" – 4:ten
"Old Devil Moon" – 2:58
"While My Lady Sleeps" [Accept 10] – 4:22
"Y'all Make Me Experience So Immature" [Have five] – 3:41
"The More I See You" [Take 8] – 2:51
"Everything Happens to Me" [Accept 2] – 4:51

Personnel [ edit ]

Chet Bakery – vocals, trumpet
Kenny Drew – piano
George Morrow (#1–two, v, vii–eight, xiv), Sam Jones (#3–four, 6, nine–13) – bass
Philly Joe Jones (#1–2, v–eight, 10–14), Dannie Richmond (#iii–four, nine) – drums

References [ edit ]

^ Billboard November iii, 1958
^ "Chet Bakery Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings Review". allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^ "It Could Happen to Y'all Information". iTunes. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ "It Could Happen to Y'all Information". Allmusic . Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ "Chet Baker: The Legendary Riverside Albums". Pitchfork . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 .