In 1952, a 21-year-old trumpeter from Oklahoma named Chet Baker established himself as one the few real superstars of contemporary jazz by both playing and singing with an unmistakable lyricism and at ...
In this video, we take a legendary phrase from Chet Baker’s solo on “But Not For Me” and break it down in detail. But more than just learning the notes—we’ll look at how to truly internalize this lick ...
mxmtoon has unveiled a cover of the classic "I Fall In Love Too Easily", which features on Chet Baker Re:Imagined. Chet Baker Re:Imagined features an array of international artists spanning R&B, pop, ...
Ezra Collective trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi is the latest artist to pay homage to jazz legend Chet Baker as part of the forthcoming Chet Baker Re:Imagined tribute album, as his version of “Speak Low” ...
Two Fine New Vinyl Releases By Chet Baker and Bill Evans Share Scandinavian Roots. Many jazz fans seem to only focus on Chet Baker’s 1950s material when he was still young and beautiful and crooning ...
Describe the view from where you are right now. I'm looking out over the stormy English Channel from my seafront place in Hove. Is there a view you can't quite forget? The full Moon reflected in the ...
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 jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince ...
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 ...
Rock'n'roll reprobates from Keef to Kurt and beyond pale into pasty-faced insignificance when compared with the James Dean of jazz, the trumpeter Chet Baker. As a new biography published next week ...
READ MORE: At home with Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten: “Our personality is bigger than the sound that we make” The rendition of the 1955 classic came as the Irish band recently made an appearance on ...
The Chet Baker is an Old Fashioned with summer vibes. It’s not the only one—the ‘Ti Punch and the Corn ‘n Oil also come to mind—but where the Chet Baker differs from those is that it’s not the ...
Down the rabbit hole: While collecting Winamp skins for an archival project a few years back, programmer Jordan Eldredge could not help but notice that some of them were corrupt. Rather than discard ...