Chet Baker
Voice Solo on
Dancing On The Ceiling

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Chet Baker's voice solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Kenny Drew's closing piano statement. Spanning one chorus of the 34-bar AABA' form at a medium-up 142 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 55 seconds. Recorded in 1958 for Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen To You, this rendition of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Dancing On The Ceiling" features Baker as vocalist, delivering a full-chorus vocal improvisation at a comfortable swing tempo of about 142 BPM in the key of F. Chet Baker was 28 to 29 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Chet Baker was 28 to 29 years old at the time.