Chet Baker

Chet Baker
Chet Baker was a primary exponent of the West Coast school of cool jazz in the early and mid'50s. As a trumpeter, he had a generally restrained, intimate playing style and he attracted attention beyond jazz for his photogenic looks and singing. But his career was marred by drug addiction.

Baker's father, Chesney Henry Baker Sr., was a guitarist who was forced to turn to other work during the Depression; his mother, Vera (Moser) Baker, worked in a perfumery. The family moved from Oklahoma to...
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Chet Baker/Paul Desmond Together
By: Chet Baker/Paul Desmond
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Tangerine, You Can't Go Home Again, How Deep Is the Ocean?
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Chet Baker Let's Get Lost (The Best of Chet Baker Sings)
By: Chet Baker
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Moon and Sand, Imaginaton, You're My Thrill
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