Name: Chet Baker Sings And Plays
Brand: Chet Baker

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Catalogue number

B003416901

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Black

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Format detail

180 Gram

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-04-07

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Unive­rsal

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Sales:8.875

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602438370986

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Black LP

Artist

Chet Baker

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Blue Note

Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, composer, and artist. Born on December 23, 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, USA, he began his career in the early 1950s playing alongside renowned musicians. However, his career was hindered by drug addiction and arrests for narcotics.

Despite these challenges, Baker made several comebacks starting from 1957 with collaborations featuring talented musicians like [Collaborator Name] and Gerry Mulligan. Despite having his teeth knocked out during an altercation, Baker recovered and continued to record frequently across various labels. He showcased his skills both in small groups and leading large ensembles in live settings.

In the 1980s until his death at the age of 58 on May 13th, 1988 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Chet Baker recorded extensively in Europe. His music legacy remains influential as he left behind a remarkable body of work that showcases his unique talent as a trumpeter and vocalist.

Fleshed out with Strings and pianist Russ Freeman, this album helped set in stone the image of Baker as the jazz world's matinee idol and icon of '50s West Coast cool. His laid-back style — a mix of '30s crooner and Miles Davis' nonet recordings — appealed in its immediacy to a jazz public tiring of the hyper, athletic musicality of bebop. Similarly, his plaintive, warm trumpet sound was the more sensitive antidote to such brassy kings as Dizzy G and Clifford Brown. Tracks like "Let's Get Lost," "Long Ago and Far Away," and "Just Friends" became definitively associated with Bakerfor the rest of his career. Not only one of the most important albums of Baker's career, but a true classic of jazz.

Chet Baker Sings And Plays

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