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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.

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
Once Upon a Summertime (1977) You Can't Go Home Again (1977) The Best Thing for You (1977)

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

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

2000 Double CD release

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

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