Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool...
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Chet Baker Sings is the debut vocal album by jazz musician Chet Baker, released in 1954 by Pacific Jazz Records. In 2001, the album received the Grammy...
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the Dream's on Me: Chet Baker Quartet Live, Vol. 1 (2000) 1953: The Chet Baker Quartet (1953) with Russ Freeman 1953: Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ...
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Chet is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker first released in 1959. The record is sometimes subtitled The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker. Chet features...
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Chet Baker in Tokyo is a live album by jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker, recorded at Showa Women's University's Hitomi Memorial Hall. Released only...
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Chet Baker Sings and Plays (subtitled With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings) is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1955 for Barclay Records...
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Chet Baker & Crew is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Los Angeles in 1956 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. An AllMusic...
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and others. His piano-less quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz ensembles. Mulligan was...
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Chet Baker & Strings is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in late 1953 and early 1954 and released on the Columbia label. Lindsay Planer...
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Chet Baker in Milan is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Italy in 1959 and released on the Jazzland label. Allmusic awarded the album...
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Reunion with Chet Baker is an album recorded in 1957 by saxophonist Gerry Mulligan's Quartet with trumpeter Chet Baker which was released by World Pacific...
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(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You is an album by jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker. It follows a formula similar to two other Baker albums...
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born in New York, USA. She was the common-law wife of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. Young grew up in a show business family in Manhattan and Beverly Hills...
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Chet Baker in New York is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label early the following year. The album includes...
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My Funny Valentine (category Chet Baker)
them was Chet Baker, for whom it became his signature song. In 2015 the Gerry Mulligan quartet's 1953 version of the song (featuring Chet Baker) was inducted...
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Chet Baker Big Band is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1956 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The album contains three tracks performed...
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Paul Desmond (section With Chet Baker)
Brubeck, he led several groups and collaborated with Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Jim Hall, and Ed Bickert. After years of chain smoking and poor health...
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Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label. Scott Yanow of Allmusic...
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Chet Baker in Europe (subtitled A Jazz Tour of the NATO Countries) is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker drawn from sessions recorded in Paris in 1955...
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Chesney Chet Baker (1929–1988), American jazz musician and vocalist Chet Bitterman (1952–1981), American linguist and Christian missionary Chet Brooks...
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Cooking" jazz session. Numerous collaborations followed in the 1950s with Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, and Art Pepper. These collaborations included the Jazz...
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Jazz Quartet; the output of Gerry Mulligan, especially his work with Chet Baker and Bob Brookmeyer; the music of Stan Kenton's sidemen during the late...
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No Problem is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker's Quartet featuring Duke Jordan which was recorded in 1979 and released the following year on the Danish...
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she met a cool jazz trumpeter Chet Baker at the height of his fame. They began a romantic relationship. She lived with Baker and accompanied him on tour...
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Stan Meets Chet is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz with trumpeter Chet Baker, released in 1958 on the Verve label. Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "Tenor...
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formed an innovative and successful piano-less quartet with trumpeter Chet Baker, drummer Chico Hamilton, and bassist Bob Whitlock.: 304 Mulligan would...
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Let's Get Lost (1988 film) (category Chet Baker)
by Bruce Weber, about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, who died four months before the film's release. The title is derived...
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Daybreak is a live album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1979 at the Jazzhus Montmartre and released on the Danish SteepleChase...
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The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1953 and 1954 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The album...
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Born to Be Blue (film) (category Cultural depictions of Chet Baker)
International Film Festival. The film is about American jazz musician Chet Baker, portrayed by Hawke. The film is described as "semi-factual, semi-fictional"...
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