Joel Culpepper - "Silver Lining" (3:27)
Eloise - "That Old Feeling" (2:37)
Sarah Kang - "I'm Old Fashioned" (3:25)
Hohnen Ford - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (2:56)
Matilda Mann - "There Will Never Be Another You" (3:10)
Dodie - "Old Devil Moon" (2:56)
Puma Blue - "It's Always You" (3:13)
Poppy Daniels - "I've Never Been In Love Before" (4:33)
Ife Ogunjobi - "Speak Low" (4:20)
Benny Sings - "Time After Time" (2:45)
Stacy Ryan - "Like Someone In Love" (4:27)
Matt Maltese - "My Funny Valentine" (2:59)
Mxmtoon - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (3:15)
Grentperez - "But Not For Me" (2:10)
Delaney Bailey - "While My Lady Sleeps" (4:33)
Review: This staunch collection of songs compiled by Decca hears the very best works of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker "reimagined" by a varied selection of international talent, celebrating the legacy of one of American jazz's coolest ever piston-valvers. It's no surprise that Baker earned himself the name "Prince of Cool" as the concept of cool overtook the jazz world in the 50s and 60s; likewise, the artists chosen to reimagine Baker's many sweet treats here each epitomise that same offhand effortlessness which typified Baker's playstyle. Highlights include Dodie, who leads with a Latin percussive rekeying of 'Old Devil Moon', and mxmtoon, who brings equable guitar lurches to Baker's rather lost-his-cool confession of loving excitement, 'I Fell In Love Too Easily'.
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