You Can't Go Home Again (album)

You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again
Studio album by Chet Baker
Released	1977
Recorded	February 16, 21 & 22 and May 13, 1977
Studio	Sound Ideas Studio, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	155:34 Double CD release with bonus tracks
Label	Horizon; SP 726
Producer	Don Sebesky
Chet Baker chronology

You Can't Go Home Again is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Horizon label.^[1]^[2]^[3] In 2000 the album was rereleased as a double CD with additional tracks from The Best Thing for You (1989) along with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

The Allmusic review by Heather Phares calls it "one of Baker's most important latter-day albums".^[4]

Track listing[]

Original 1977 LP release[]

"Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) – 12:58
"Un Poco Loco" (Bud Powell) – 9:20
"You Can't Go Home Again" (Don Sebesky) – 5:43
"El Morro" (Sebesky) – 13:44

2000 Double CD release[]

"Love for Sale" (Porter) – 13:03
"Un Poco Loco" (Powell) – 9:26
"You Can't Go Home Again" (Sebesky) – 5:47
"El Morro" (Sebesky) – 14:18
"The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) – 4:20 First released on The Best Thing for You
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" (George Bassman, Ned Washington/ Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 6:05 First released on The Best Thing for You
"Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:38 First released on The Best Thing for You
"How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 5:49 First released on The Best Thing for You
"If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:43 First released on The Best Thing for You
"You Can't Go Home Again" [alternate take] (Sebesky) – 6:31 previously unissued
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/You've Changed" [alternate take] (Bassman, Washington/Carey, Fischer) – 6:08 previously unissued
"El Morro" (Sebesky) – 17:13 First released on The Best Thing for You
"Out of Our Hands" (Richie Beirach) – 10:36 previously unissued
"Broken Wing" (Beirach) – 5:21 previously unissued
"Paradox" (Beirach) – 6:09 previously unissued
"Blues" (Traditional) – 7:59 previously unissued
"The Best Thing for You" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 4:28 previously unissued
"How Deep Is the Ocean?" [alternate take] (Berlin) – 5:45 previously unissued
"If You Could See Me Now" [alternate take] (Dameron, Sigman) – 5:02 previously unissued
"El Morro" [incomplete take] (Sebesky) – 13:13 previously unissued

Personnel[]

Chet Baker – trumpet
Hubert Laws – flute, bass flute, piccolo
Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
John Campo – bassoon
Don Sebesky, Kenny Barron – electric piano
Richie Beirach – electric piano, clavinet
John Scofield – guitar
Gene Bertoncini – acoustic guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
Tony Williams – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
String section arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky
- Charles Libove, David Nadien, Diana Halprin, Harold Kohon, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Paul Gersham, Rochelle Abramson – violin
- Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy – cello

References[]

^ Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan. M. A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series accessed May 25, 2017
^ Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 25, 2017
^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 25, 2017
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Phares, Heather. You Can't Go Home Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

[Horizon_Records_discography-1] Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan. M. A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series accessed May 25, 2017

[2] Chet Baker Catalog accessed May 25, 2017

[3] Enciclopedia del Jazz: Chet Baker accessed May 25, 2017

[Allmusic-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Phares, Heather. You Can't Go Home Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2017.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 18. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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