D/B Retrospective: Chet baker

Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker Jr. (born Yale, Oklahoma, December 23, 1929 – died Amsterdam, Netherlands May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and singer.

Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine
httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=jvXywhJpOKs

Specializing in relaxed, even melancholy music, Baker rose to prominence as a leading name in cool jazz in the 1950s. Baker’s good looks and smoldering, intimate singing voice established him as a promising name in pop music as well. But his success was badly hampered by drug addiction, particularly in the 1960s, when he was imprisoned.

httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ug2LQxOe53Q

He died in 1988 after falling from a hotel window.

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