my Funny Valentine

Chet Baker - The Last Great Concert My Favourite Songs Vol. 1 & 2 (2004)
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Chet Baker died two weeks after this Last Great Concert was performed. Sad, really; made even sadder when you listen to MY FUNNY VALENTINE. If this tune (as played here) doesn't bring tears to your eyes, then I imagine that nothing could. Heart wrenching–that's what this tune is. Mr. Peck (reviewer below) was so perfect in his description, that there is not much more I can add, except to say that, indeed, the orchestra and strings on MY FUNNY VALENTINE seem to be soothing and bathing Chet in some kind of morbid, yet beautiful honor. A tribute to one great jazz player, without doubt.
I have loved Chet's work for many years, and, out of the many albums/cd's I own by Chet, this recording is my favorite.
All of the songs here are performed impeccably. Chet's trumpeting is exceptional, given his frail condition. His vocals are moving. I especially love the vocal/trumpet combination on I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY…

The Valentine's Day-themed compilation Each Day Is Valentine's Day brings together many of legendary jazz trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker's most romantic recordings. Many of these are cuts Baker recorded at the height of his career for the Pacific Jazz label during the '50s. While some of these songs are more melancholy or poignant, generally the tracks are perfect for a romantic dinner or evening at home. Included are such songs as "My Funny Valentine," "My Ideal," and "Come Rain or Come Shine."

Fred Lonberg-Holm - A Valentine For Fred Katz (2002) {Atavistic ALP139CD}
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Jazz / Experimental / Avant-Garde Jazz / Chamber Jazz / Cello

Jazz cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm pays tribute on this Valentine to his predecessor, the composer/arranger Fred Katz. Just as Katz did with Chico Hamilton's bands of the 1950's, Lonberg-Holm proves the cello doesn't have to be the redheaded stepchild of the double bass. Katz, a classically trained cellist and student of Pablo Casals, plied his craft in settings from cool jazz to the outward reaches of Eric Dolphy and Ken Nordine's spoken-word jazz.

In January 1985, Chet performed a gig in Dallas, Texas with Fred Raulston's talented band featuring Martha Burke on vocals. The band also met the next day in the studio to record Would You Believe? The live date was issued on three LP's/CD's: My Foolish Heart, Misty, and Time After Time. On My Foolish Heart, Chet plays a cool solos to compliment Martha Burks' swinging takes of "Girl Talk" and "The Lady is a Tramp". He's also in good form on his instrumental "My Funny Valentine". However, the CD closes with another one of Chet's throw-away performances of "But Not For Me".

2022 release from the acclaimed singer/songwriter. On My Ideal (A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings), Amos Lee reanimates the songs of Chet Baker. Working with material sourced from 1954's iconoclastic Chet Baker Sings, including "My Funny Valentine" and "I Fall in Love Too Easily," Lee and his well-oiled jazz quartet deliver 16 gorgeous recordings that are, at once, expansive and understated, intimate and ambient-the perfect soundtrack for gatherings of every variety.