John Proulx - Baker's Dozen (Remembering Chet Baker) (2013)

John Proulx is a new jazz singer and pianist with a light touch (and very good taste), as evidenced by his 2006 debut on MaxJazz, MOON AND SAND, which featured the sultry Alec Wilder bossa-inflected title track as well as nods to both Bill Evans ("Alice In Wonderland") and Dinah Washington ("What A Difference A Day Made"). As the subtitle to BAKER's DOZEN indicates, Proulx's followup is a more-or-less straight tribute to Chet Baker, the eerily romantic vocalist even more than the cool jazz trumpter. The warmed-toned Dominick Farinacci ably takes care of the trumpet and flugelhorn duties anyway, so this is very much a singer's album, a singer with a strong, lush style on piano it should be mentioned. As a singer, Proulx has a youthful spare sound, much like Baker himself, although he has greater range and staying power. (As effective as he was, Baker's semi-amateur vocals always made it on novelty value too).

Tracklist:

01. Let's Get Lost
02. Long Ago And Far Away
03. Time After Time
04. But Not for Me
05. I Get Along Without You Very Well
06. Reunion/There Will Never Be Another You
07. I Remember You
08. You Don't Know What Love Is
09. Before You Know It
10. I Fall in Love Too Easily
11. Line For Lyons
12. My Funny Valentine
13. Look For The Silver Lining