Born to Be Blue, Robert Budreau’s cool and dreamy look at Chet Baker’s life on the comeback trail in the late ’60s, is a ...

With his striking good looks, withdrawn stage presence, and reserved improvisational approach, trumpeter Chet Baker embodied everything that was "cool about jazz in the 1950s. He was peerless when it ...

Week 1As a jazz beginner, I discovered Chet Baker in the car. The moment I heard him, I felt a sense of discomfort, wondering ...

Chet Baker, a name synonymous with cool jazz, left an indelible mark on the world of music with his evocative trumpet playing and hauntingly beautiful vocals. His career, spanning from the early 1950s ...

Reviewed by Barry Lenny, Friday 23rd June 2023. Lost in a Dream: The Life and Songs of Chet Baker, is a tribute to the late jazz trumpeter/singer, presented by Australian trumpeter, singer, and ...

NO JAZZ musician whispered quite the way Chet Baker did. The trumpeter and singer who began his playing life looking like James Dean, and ended it a wizened wreck, found endlessly subtle ways to ...

Sat 10 May 2025 at 6:00am Saturday 10 May 2025 at 6:00am Sat 10 May 2025 at 6:00am It featured a crack band along with vocalists Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Shelley Scown and drew on music from the various ...

Decca Records have announced Chet Baker Re:Imagined, a collection of songs recorded by a varied selection of artists to celebrate the legacy of one of the most influential figures in the history of ...

The Chet Baker portrayed by Ethan Hawke in Robert Budreau’s misty biopic Born to Be Blue is midway between beauty and ruin. Behind him are the 1950s, when his easy virtuosity and matinee-idol looks ...

Our Classic Album this takes us back to the golden year of 1959 and a release by trumpeter and singer Chet Baker. By 1959, Chet Baker had established himself as one of the west coast's most prominent ...