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Dec 23, 2023 · The iconic poster boy for the West Coast cool school, Chet Baker left a profound mark on jazz in his 40-year career. When the body of Chet Baker was found, crumpled and bloodied, on an Amsterdam ...
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Jan 18, 2012 · How Chet Baker Really Died. Written by Tom SchnabelJan. 17, 2012Rhythm Planet. MORE. Chet Baker: 1929 – 1988 (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRWif you need access to the original image.) I’ve listened to Chet Baker for a long time. From the early stuff in Paris (1955, Barclay Records) to all the great Pacific ...
Aug 8, 2023 · It wasn't until the next day when someone identified the corpse that the world learned the famous jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker had died about 3:10 a.m. on May 13, 1988, after plunging from a hotel window, according to "Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker." The Amsterdam Police determined Baker had fallen from the third-floor ...
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Time after Time: The Chet Baker Project, written by playwright James O'Reilly, toured Canada in 2001. [48] Jeroen de Valk has written a biography of Baker; Chet Baker: His Life and Music is the English translation. [49] Other biographies of him include James Gavin's Deep in a Dream—The Long Night of Chet Baker, and Matthew Ruddick's Funny ...
Oct 6, 2020 · There are four standards: Harold Arlen's "Come Rain Or Come Shine," Burton Lane's "Old Devil Moon," Cole Porter's "Just One Of Those Things" and Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's title track, to which Baker adds a dreamy vocal. Chet Baker. My Favourite Songs: The Last Great Concert. Enja, 1988.
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals: Chet Baker Sings (1954) and It Could Happen to You (1958).
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Sep 26, 2024 · Chet Baker (born December 23, 1929, Yale, Oklahoma, U.S.—died May 13, 1988, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist noted for the plaintive, fragile tone of both his playing and singing. He was a cult figure whose well-publicized struggles with drug addiction curtailed a promising career.
