“My Funny Valentine” – Gerry Mulligan Quartet f/ Chet Baker (1952)

A beautifully haunting recording of the Rodgers-Hart ballad “My Funny Valentine” in the cool Pacific Jazz style featuring the lush slowcore solos of soon-to-be star Chet Baker, who made this song his signature tune.

Fun fact: this version was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry in 2015.

Recorded in San Francisco, California on September 2, 1952.
Released as Fantasy 525.

Credits:
Gerry Mulligan – baritone sax
Chet Baker – trumpet
Carson Smith – bass
Chico Hamilton – drums