"“My Funny Valentine” is Chet’s “greatest hit” and the only vocal on the LP. He sings in his usual expressionless croon/drone, his intonation is very poor, and he doesn’t even try to sing the high notes. But that’s Chet’s style and somehow, it’s always curiously and sometimes deeply affecting. He is jazz’s great minimalist singer, eschewing technique, emotion, or even communication, seeming to be a man completely alone and incapable of feeling anything, but singing a romantic love ballad as best he can to remind himself of the emotions that he once felt. The LP ends with “If I Should Lose You,” a beautiful tune usually done as a ballad, but here done very fast at cutting contest speed. Mover and Eardley can be heard gasping and groaning as they play complex, hard-swinging solos that blaze through the chord changes. Chet doesn’t even try to keep up but seems to say “O.K., you guys win.” and begins tentatively and quietly, playing a little melodic fragment that he expands into a glorious, improvised continuous melody for chorus after chorus with some beautiful rhythmic figures and even some high notes. It’s pure music and only Chet could have played it."

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