Blood, Chet and Tears   
Chet Baker
At first, this would seem like the usual commercial fluff similar to Chet's previous World Pacific sessions. But here Chet plays a lot more, and much better here than he did on those recordings from 1965 to 1967. However, he is buried in some outrageously heavy arrangements. Sometimes you wonder if the producer was trying to see how many instrumental tracks he could layer on at once.

This is by no means a jazz album. Even Albert's House was jazzier than this one. But there are a few fun tunes such as "Vehicle", "When I Die", and "You've Made Me So Very Happy". Chet sings on "Something", he has trouble staying on key, but he gets through it. His vocal on "Come Saturday Morning" gets so buried in the arrangement you can barely hear him. Consider this LP a "guilty pleasure" for Chet Baker fans.

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Chet Baker - Trumpet, Vocals
Joe Pass - Guitar
Mike Deasy - Guitar
Tommy Tedesco - Guitar
Al Casey - Guitar
Larry Knechtel - Keyboards
Plas Johnson - Sax
Buddy Collette - Sax
Tony Terran - Trumpet
Ray Triscari - Trumpet
Ollie Mitchell - Trumpet
Dick Hyde - Trombone
Miles Anderson - Trombone
George Roberts - Trombone
Ray Pohlman - Bass
Hal Blaine - Drums
Gary Coleman - Percussion
Sid Sharp - Strings
Unknown personnel
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Verve V6- 8798
Recorded July 6, 1970, Los Angeles
Not available on CD
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 1. Easy Come, Easy Go - 2:51 
 2. Sugar, Sugar - 2:52
 3. Something  - 3:20
 4. Spinning Wheel - 3:16
 5. Vehicle  - 2:44
 6. The Letter  - 3:34
 7. And When I Die - 2:57
 8. Come Saturday Morning - 2:48
 9. Evil Ways - 3:35
10. You've Made Me So Very Happy - 3:40

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