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{{Infobox album
| name       = Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Chet Baker]]
| cover      = Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1960
| recorded   = September 28 & 29 and October 5, 1959<br><small>Milan, Italy</small>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 34:44
| label      = [[Riverside Records|Jazzland]]<br><small>JLP 21</small>
| producer   =
| chronology = [[Chet Baker]]
| prev_title = [[Chet Baker in Milan]]
| prev_year  = 1959
| next_title = [[Chet Is Back!]]
| next_year  = 1962
}}
'''''Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings''''' is an album by trumpeter [[Chet Baker]] which was recorded in Italy in 1959 and released on the [[Riverside Records|Jazzland]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/catalog/#jazzland-jlp-21 Chet Baker discography] accessed August 14, 2013</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|1.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
|rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = [[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 66}}</ref>
}}
[[Allmusic]] awarded the album with 1½ stars stating "Fans will want this set but, due to the mundane string arrangements and the lack of variety, more general collectors should acquire his earlier jazz-oriented dates first".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/chet-baker-with-fifty-italian-strings-mw0000318305 Allmusic listing] accessed August 14, 2013</ref> ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' is more positive, describing the album as “a good one of its kind”, and awarding 3 stars.<ref name="Penguin"/>

==Track listing==
# "[[I Should Care]]" ([[Sammy Cahn]], [[Axel Stordahl]], [[Paul Weston]]) – 2:46
# "[[The Song Is You (song)|The Song Is You]]"  ([[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[Jerome Kern]]) – 3:16
# "[[Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins song)|Goodbye]]" ([[Gordon Jenkins]]) – 2:30
# "[[Angel Eyes (1946 song)|Angel Eyes]]" (Earl Brent, [[Matt Dennis]]) – 3:34
# "Forgetful" ([[George Handy]], [[Jack Segal]]) – 4:59
# "[[Violets for Your Furs]]" (Dennis, [[Tom Adair]]) – 3:30
# "[[When I Fall in Love]]" ([[Edward Heyman]], [[Victor Young]]) – 3:32
# "[[Autumn in New York (song)|Autumn in New York]]" ([[Vernon Duke]]) – 2:26
# "[[Street of Dreams (1932 song)|Street of Dreams]]" ([[Sam M. Lewis]], [[Victor Young]]) – 2:41
# "Deep in a Dream" ([[Eddie DeLange]], [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]) – 4:30
*Recorded in Milan, Italy on September 28 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 10), September 29 (tracks 1, 3 & 8) and October 5 (tracks 5, 6 & 9), 1959.

==Personnel==
*[[Chet Baker]] – trumpet, vocals
*Mario Pezzotta – [[trombone]] 
*Glauco Masetti – [[alto saxophone]]
*[[Gianni Basso]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
*Fausto Papetti – [[baritone saxophone]] 
*Giulio Libano – piano, [[celesta|celeste]]
*Franco Cerri – [[double bass|bass]]
*Gene Victory – drums
*Len Mercer – arranger, conductor
*Unidentified [[string section]]

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[[Category:1960 albums]]
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[[Category:Riverside Records albums]]