Chet Baker

Left: Recording session for "Shipbuilding", 1983, London. Right: Live At Ronnie Scott's, recorded June 6, 1986, London, includes three songs sung by Elvis Costello.

Chet Baker's Broken Wing (1978) and The Best Of Chet Baker Sings (1989) are included in Elvis Costello's "500 Albums You Need" (Vanity Fair, November 2000).

Trumpet on:

Shipbuilding   (1983, Punch The Clock)

The Very Thought Of You (Live 1986)   (2001, Live At Ronnie Scott's)

You Don't Know What Love Is (Live 1986)   (2001, Live At Ronnie Scott's)

I'm A Fool To Want You (Live 1986)   (2001, Live At Ronnie Scott's)

Performed with Elvis Costello:

1986-06-06, Ronnie Scott's, London, England

Covered an Elvis Costello song:

Almost Blue

Lets Get Lost (1989)

Chet Baker In Tokyo (1996)

Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous (1998)

Chet Baker tribute albums with covers of "Almost Blue" include:

Curtis Calderon - Lost Soul: A Tribute to Chet Baker

Fay Claassen - Two Portraits Of Chet Baker

Elissa Lala - Touch Of Your Voice: New Takes On Chet Baker

Daniel Lapp Quartet - Best of Merry CHETmas: A Tribute To Chet Baker

Rob van Bavel - Almost Blue

Internal links

• Chet Baker: Live At Ronnie Scott's
• Vanity Fair, November 2000
• Girls Girls Girls (1989) liner notes
• The Company: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

External links

• Allmusic  •  Wikipedia