Artist:Chet Baker f/Ruth Young
Song:Aurumn Leaves
Album:The Incredible Chet Baker Plays and Sings
In his long career, trumpeter and singer Chet Baker recorded with all kinds of people. But fans may not know that in 1977 he recorded with Ruth Young. She was in a relationship with him at the time. Maybe you saw her in the documentary Let's Get Lost say unkind things about Baker. I guess the relationship ended badly. Ruth Young grew up in a show business family. Her father was vice president of United Artists. She went to jazz clubs with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Ruth got interested in singing as a child and sang at parties. She met Baker in 1973 at the Half Note in New York. He was in bad shape at the time with the lingering effects of a 1966 assault and of course his heroin addiction. Baker lived in Italy at the time. The Incredible Chet Baker Plays and Sings was recorded in Milan, Italy in 1977 on the local label Carosello. Ruth appeared on Autumn Leaves and a second song Whatever Possessed Me. The rest of the album is instrumental with Gianni Basso on tenor sax, Jacques Pelzer on flute and soprano sax, Bruce Thomas on piano, Lucio Terzano on bass and Giancarlo Pillot on drums. This album was released on CD in 1993 and is still available. This is the only time Ruth Young recorded with Baker. I guess it's a curiosity for Baker fans. Ruth recorded the 2005 album This Is Always for German producer Frank Nagel-Hayer. It looks like she still lives in Europe. Here's a video for Autumn Leaves by Chet Baker featuring Ruth Young.
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