His name is Chet Baker. Today more than 20 years later, after paying more dues than most of us would like to think about, Baker's face is drawn and tired, his eyes quietly resigned. He still has that ...
The Ezra Collective trumpeter offers a fresh, percussive take on the track — originally composed by Kurt Weill and famously ...
So that comeback did happen for Baker, but it was one or two years after this. So this might have served as some kind of baby step for Chet kind of getting back into things, at least psychologically.
Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon didn’t have much in common. The two trumpeters and occasional singers, who are heard together on the recently discovered, newly released “In Perfect Harmony ...
Two Fine New Vinyl Releases By Chet Baker and Bill Evans Share Scandinavian Roots. Many jazz fans seem to only focus on Chet Baker’s 1950s material when he was still young and beautiful and crooning ...
A unique and poignant jazz album, Chet Baker’s "Late Night Jazz." captures a rare and intimate moment from the final years of the legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. Recorded on February 17-18, 1988, ...