Today, the 2025 Record Store Day release of Astrud Gilberto’s little-known 1977 album That Girl from Ipanema has prompted me to repost the following piece. “Far Away,” a duet with trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker, is one of the album’s most significant highlights and the only time these two artists ever recorded together. To this post, I…
“Far Away” – Astrud Gilberto & Chet Baker (1977)
As far as buried treasures go, “Far Away” is a real gem that deserves to be much better known than it is. Even fans of both artists are likely to be unfamiliar with this lovely, even moving performance. It’s the first – and only – time Astrud Gilberto (1940-2023) and Chet Baker (1929-1988) are known…