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Know what you mean, gregmo. I d call it lineal like Tristano with the keys, kinda cool thing. I think young Chet was the first who sang like that. Its a matter of either...or. There´s hardly an in-between if you like this style or not In his latest years I think Chet needed those singing intervals because of his dwindling chops for the trumpet..

Janina Baechle /Mezzo) & Markus Hadulla (pn) - Brahms Selected Songs (Capriccio)

Clelia Iruzun (pn) - Latin American Dances (IntimMusik)

Walter Rabl & Josef Labor: Clarinet quartet & quintet - Orion Ensenble (Cedille)

@gregmo Understand that. Chet´s singing has always been an acquired taste. Earier on I felt like you. Only pure trumpet. But later on I discovered the charm of his singing. Even in his late periode I liked this frail character. There are some nice examples of great late frail singing, similar to those last Johnny Cash recordings. With Chet it was like this: He played like he sang and he sang like he played. Always strong interdependence. @ArtSalt That sure would be attractive those fatal European years - especially picturesc Paris Sure you know those Barcley recordings Baker did after Twardzik´s death. Listen to "Tenderly" - real heartbroken. BTW: Never has this interdependence of vocal way of playing been more plain than in those gorgeous Barcley recordings (on: Jazz in Paris series, "Chet Baker plays standards") Of course I will see the movie. Don´t expect visual wikipedia but an artistically good and emotianally gripping film..

Veronica Cangemi, soprano, Una Stella Ensemble — Italia 1600/Argentina 1900 Naïve records Arias and other solo selections by Porpora, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Piazzolla, Handel, Caccini, Guastavino, Broschi, Paisiello, Villa-Lobos.

Carlos Assis-Brasil - Nazareth Revisitado (Tratore) One of the greatest pianists of Brasil plays pieces by one of his countrys greatest composers, Ernesto Nazareth

The Art of Christa Ludwig (EMI), Disc 2 Mahler Lieder Absolut! Großartig auch die Mahler-Orchstereinspielungen "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" mit Christa Ludwig und dem Philharmonia Orchestra und Otto Klemperer (EMI Red Line)

The Art of Christa Ludwig (EMI), Disc 2 Mahler Lieder

Martin Fröst (cl) & Roland Pöntinen (pn) - Schumann (BIS)

GIorgio Gaslini - Piano Solo Incanti: Faure, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Monteverdi, Porter, Elgar (CamJazz)

@Allen: Understand that. But you know that Chet sang/played this song. And it´s legitmate to interpret it as a kind of melody of his life. @duaneiac Wholly reasonable, too. After Bruce Weber´s fabulous documentary "Let´s get lost" (another song title of CBs repertoire like "Born to be blue") you surely can say. A movie? So what. But...I´ve seen Budreau´s short cut "Deaths of CB" about his fall from a hotel window in Amsterdam and how it came about. And I must say: Sparse,atmospheric, acurate as far as I can say. The story with his teeth: I can understand your reservations. But it´s stuff for drama - in life and above all in a movie. You can imagine what it means for a trumpeter to lose his teeth. Baker had to practice for years before he could play again - IMO more beautifullly than ever. Especially those forgotten years have been out of focus in his life story Although I have my own reservations about biopcs that are no pure documentary I´m gonna see that film. Please don´t misunderstand me. I don´t want to be an advocate for this film. On the other hand: I´m far too curious what they made of it..

After Miles here´s your Chet Baker movie. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/born-be-blue-trailer-ethan-865331 And that´s a comparison http://www.musictimes.com/articles/65296/20160215/born-blue-miles-ahead-trailers-jazz-legend-biopic-movie.htm

Sviatoslav Richter: Schumann - Piano Concerto in A Minor (Deutsche Grammophon)

Walter Arlen: Kammermusik & Lieder "Die letzte Blaue" (Gramola)

The Art of Christa Ludwig (EMI box) Disc 1 Brahms Lieder

Villa-Lobos - Complete Works for Violin and Piano - Paul Klinck, Claude Koppens (Cypres)

Damocles Trio - Trio Brasileiros: Villa-Lobos & Fernandez (Claves)

Christa Ludwig - The Art of Christa Ludwig (Warner Classics,box) CD 3 Schubert-Lieder

Beethoven Trio op. 11, Brahms Trio op 114, Weber Grand duo op 48 (Harmonia Mundi) Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pn), Clive Greensmith (clo)

Brahms Clarinet Sonatas 1 & 2 (Harmonia Mundi) Jon Manasse & Jon Nakamatsu

Kyle Bielfield (tenor), Lachlan Glen (pn), Michael Samis (clo) Stopping by (Delos)

Lukas Genusias - Emancipation of Consonance (Melodiya)

Javier Perianes plays Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte/Songs without words (Harmonia Mundi)

Matthias Goerne, Helmut Deutsch, Eric Scheider - Schubert: Wanderers Nachtlied (Harmonia Mundi)