dodie, Matt Maltese, Ezra Collective, mxmtoon, and more to feature on Chet Baker Re:Imagined

Released to mark the 70th anniversary of seminal album Chet Baker Sings, the 15-track compilation presents modern reworkings of the trumpeter and singer’s repertoire.

Chet Baker Re:Imagined features an array of international artists spanning R&B, pop, soul and jazz. British artists dodie, Matt Maltese, Matilda Mann, Joel Culpepper, Ife Ogunjobi, Hohnen Ford, Eloise, Poppy Daniels and Puma Blue line up alongside Benny Sings from the Netherlands, Canada’s Stacey Ryan, American artists Delaney Bailey and Mxmtoon, South Korean Sara Kang and Australian-Filipino grentperez.

“How lucky am I to get to live in the world of Chet’s soft playful croons for this gorgeous collection? So fun to marry our styles and lean into a jazzier side," says dodie. "Chet Baker was my number one artist in 2023 (apparently a top 5% fan) so I was just thrilled to be asked to pick a favourite - (although that part was difficult) and spend time with his gorgeous version of Old Devil Moon and dream up how we could team up.”

Chet Baker Re:imagined follows the international success of the Blue Note Re:Imagined series which saw tracks from the visionary label given the sound of the twenty first century by the coterie of musicians who emerged from the vibrant London jazz scene. Mercury Music Prize winners Ezra Collective appeared on Blue Note Re:imagined and are once again represented here in the form of the group’s trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi whose version of "Speak Low", a song first recorded in 1953 by Baker, is infused with percussive Afrobeat rhythms and ethereal keyboard arrangement.

Tracklist:

1. Silver Lining – Joel Culpepper
2. That Old Feeling - Eloise
3. I’m Old Fashioned - Sarah Kang
4. I Get Along Without You - Hohnen Ford
5. There Will Never Be Another You - Matilda Mann
6. Old Devil Moon - dodie
7. It’s Always You - Puma Blue
8. Speak Low - Ife Ogunjobi
9. I’ve Never Been In Love – Poppy Daniels
10. Time After Time - Benny Sings
11. Like Someone In Love - Stacy Ryan
12. My Funny Valentine - Matt Maltese
13. I Fall In Love Too Easily - mxmtoon
14. But Not For Me - grentperez
15. While My Lady Sleeps - Delaney Bailey