The Touch of Your Lips (Chet Baker album)

The Touch of Your Lips
Studio album by Chet Baker Trio
Released	1979
Recorded	June 21, 1979
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:43 CD release with bonus track
Label	SteepleChase SCS 1122
Producer	Nils Winther
Chet Baker chronology
Ballads for Two (1979) The Touch of Your Lips (1979) Rendez-Vous (1979)

The Touch of Your Lips is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker, recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.^[1][2][3][4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]

The Globe and Mail wrote that, "with his subtle trumpet and vocal styles, he is one of the great expressionists, an artist whose emotional power exceeds his musical virtuosity."^[8]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This was the perfect setting during his later years. The trumpeter (who also sings on two of the six songs) sounds very relaxed and comfortable".^[5]

Track listing

1. "I Waited for You" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) – 8:08
2. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:04
3. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 5:57
4. "The Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:40
5. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 8:19
6. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:45
7. "Autumn in New York" [take 2] (Duke) – 4:47 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

• Chet Baker – trumpet, vocals
• Doug Raney – guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass

References

1. SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed May 22, 2017
2. Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/30000 series discography accessed May 22, 2017
3. Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 22, 2017
4. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 22, 2017
5. Yanow, Scott. The Touch of Your Lips – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
7. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
8. Miller, Mark (August 30, 1980). "The Touch of Your Lips Chet Baker". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.