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Who was Chet Baker?

A tragically romantic jazz icon whose lyrical trumpet lines and tender vocals helped define the cool, west coast sound.

Chesney Henry Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".

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). Jazz historian Dave Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one". His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame. Baker was in and out of jail frequently before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Compositions

Baker's notable compositions include "Chetty's Lullaby", "Freeway", "Early Morning Mood", "Two a Day", "So che ti perderò" ("I Know I Will Lose You"), "Il mio domani" ("My Tomorrow"), "Motivo su raggio di luna" ("Contemplate on a Moonbeam"), "The Route", "Skidaddlin'", "New Morning Blues" (with Duke Jordan), "Blue Gilles", "Dessert", "Anticipated Blues", "Blues for a Reason",[49] "We Know It's Love", and "Looking Good Tonight".

Chet Baker often recorded throughout the latter-half of his life and consequently there has been a steady stream of posthumously released albums. My Favorite Songs, Vol. 1-2: The Last Great Concert arrived soon after his passing and captured one of his final concerts in Germany with the NDR Big Band and Radio Orchestra Hannover. His work has also been collected in several superb box sets, including Mosaic's The Complete Pacific Jazz Studio Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet Wi… and Chet Baker: the Pacific Jazz Years, as well as The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Of The Gerry Mulligan Quartet With ….

In 1997, Chet Baker's unfinished autobiography was published under the title As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir and the book was optioned by Miramax for a film adaptation, though never produced. A semi-fictional biopic starring Ethan Hawke as Baker, Born To Be Blue, arrived in 2015, though none of the trumpeter's actual recordings were featured in the film. In 2023, a long out-of-print collection of archival recordings, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland, appeared featuring Baker with both pianist Frans Elsen's trio, and his own touring ensemble, including pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and drummer Charles Rice.

Awards and honours

  • Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame induction, 1987
  • DownBeat magazine Jazz Hall of Fame, 1989
  • Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 1991
  • Grammy Hall of Fame Award for Chet Baker Sings (1956), inducted 2001
  • Chet Baker Day proclaimed by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry and the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 2005
  • Chet Baker Jazz Festival in his honor in Yale, Oklahoma, October 10, 2015
  • Forlì Jazz Festival in honor of Chet Baker (30 years after his death), in Forlì, Italy, May 2–19, 2018

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