You Can't Go Home Again (album)
Appearance
You Can't Go Home Again | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | February 16, 21–22 & May 13, 1977 | |||
Studio | Sound Ideas Studio, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 155:34 (2CD) | |||
Label | Horizon Verve (2CD) | |||
Producer | Don Sebesky | |||
Chet Baker chronology | ||||
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You Can't Go Home Again is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker, recorded in 1977 and released on the Horizon label.[1][2][3] In 2000, the album was rereleased as a double CD with additional tracks from The Best Thing for You (1989) along with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
The AllMusic review by Heather Phares calls it "one of Baker's most important latter-day albums".[4]
Track listing
[edit]Original LP release (1977)
[edit]- A1. "Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) – 12:58
- A2. "Un Poco Loco" (Bud Powell) – 9:20
- B1. "You Can't Go Home Again" (Don Sebesky) – 5:43
- B2. "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 13:44
Double CD release (2000)
[edit]Disc 1
- "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 13:03
- "Un Poco Loco" (Powell) – 9:26
- "You Can't Go Home Again" (Sebesky) – 5:47
- "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 14:18
- "The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) – 4:20 First released on The Best Thing for You
- "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" (George Bassman, Ned Washington/ Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 6:05 First released on The Best Thing for You
- "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:38 First released on The Best Thing for You
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 5:49 First released on The Best Thing for You
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:43 First released on The Best Thing for You
- "You Can't Go Home Again" [alternate take] (Sebesky) – 6:31 previously unissued
- "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" [alternate take] (Bassman, Washington/Carey, Fischer) – 6:08 previously unissued
Disk 2
- "El Morro" (Sebesky) – 17:13 First released on The Best Thing for You
- "Out of Our Hands" (Richie Beirach) – 10:36 previously unissued
- "Broken Wing" (Beirach) – 5:21 previously unissued
- "Paradox" (Beirach) – 6:09 previously unissued
- "Blues" (Traditional) – 7:59 previously unissued
- "The Best Thing for You" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 4:28 previously unissued
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 5:45 previously unissued
- "If You Could See Me Now" [alternate take] (Dameron, Sigman) – 5:02 previously unissued
- "El Morro" [incomplete take] (Sebesky) – 13:13 previously unissued
Personnel
[edit]- Chet Baker – trumpet
- Hubert Laws – flute, bass flute, piccolo
- Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- John Campo – bassoon
- Don Sebesky, Kenny Barron – electric piano
- Richie Beirach – electric piano, clavinet
- John Scofield – guitar
- Gene Bertoncini – acoustic guitar
- Ron Carter – bass
- Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
- Tony Williams – drums
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- String section arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky
References
[edit]- ^ Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan. M. A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series accessed May 25, 2017
- ^ Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 25, 2017
- ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 25, 2017
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. You Can't Go Home Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ 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.