Chet Baker Big Band
Regarding "Worrying the Life Out of Me", the original LP liner notes state "Phil Urso, a regular member of Chet's current quintet (along with Bobby Timmons, James Bond, and Peter Littman), wrote and arranged 'Phil's Blues' and 'Worrying the Life Out of Me'."However, the composer credits listed on the same LP release state that the tune was composed by Miff Mole, Bob Russell, and Frank Signorelli, who copyrighted "Worryin' the Life Out of Me" in October of 1945.Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "The critical argument proposing that Baker's style is more akin to bop — and the residual post-bop — than the West Coast cool that he is often connected with gets tremendous validation throughout".[2] Chet Baker, Conte Candoli, Norman Faye, trumpet; Frank Rosolino, trombone; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, alto sax; Bill Perkins, Phil Urso, tenor sax, Bobby Timmons, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; Lawrence Marable, drums arranged by Jimmy Heath – recorded in Los Angeles, October 26, 1956 Chet Baker, trumpet; Bob Burgess, trombone; Fred Waters, alto sax; Phil Urso, alto, tenor, baritone sax; Bob Graf, tenor sax; Bill Hood, baritone sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; Peter Littman, drums tracks (4, 6, 9) arr.by Phil Urso – recorded in Los Angeles, October 18, 1956 Chet Baker, trumpet; Bob Burgess, trombone; Fred Waters, alto sax; Phil Urso, alto, tenor, baritone sax; Bob Graf, tenor sax; Bill Hood, baritone sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; James McKean, drums arranged by Phil Urso – recorded in Los Angeles, October 19, 1956