Chet Baker

We remember Chet Baker. ‘Chet After Chet’

This day (May 13, 1988), in Amsterdam, Netherlands, died Chesney Henry Baker, Jr. a.k.a Chet Baker, an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Tracklist : 1 . Blue In Green (1988)...

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Chet Baker records ‘Jazz at Ann Arbor’ live at the University of Michigan (1954)

Chet Baker's 'Jazz at Ann Arbor' is a live album recorded at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan on May 9, 1954 and released in 1955 by Pacific Jazz.Track...

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Jim Hall records ‘Concierto’ with Paul Desmond, Chet Baker, Steve Gadd et al (1975)

Jim Hall's 'Concierto' is an album recorded on April 16 & 23, 1975 with Paul Desmond, Chet Baker, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd and Roland Hanna and released the same year...

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Chet Baker records ‘Chet Baker Sings and Plays’ for Pacific Jazz (1955)

'Chet Baker Sings and Plays' is an album recorded on February 28 and March 7, 1955 with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman plus Strings and released the same year by Pacific...

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Stan Getz & Chet Baker meet in Stockholm (1983)

February 18, 1983 - Stan Getz and Chet Baker perform together at the Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden

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Chet Baker records the album ‘Chet’ with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay (1958)

Chet Baker's 'Chet' is an album recorded on December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959 with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay. Track...

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Chet Baker records the album ‘Embraceable You’ (1957)

Chet Baker's 'Embraceable You' is an album recorded on December 9, 1957 and released in 1995 by Pacific Jazz .Track Listing : 1.The Night We Called It A Day (Tom...

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Gerry Mulligan records with Chet Baker the album : ‘Reunion with Chet Baker’ (1957)

Gerry Mulligan's 'Reunion with Chet Baker' is an album recorded on December 3, 11 & 17, 1957 Quartet with Chet Baker, Henry Grimes and Dave Bailey and released in 1958...

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Chet Baker attends a Dutch festival (1975)

August 7, 1975 - Chet Baker (tp,vo) performs with Bob Mover (as), Harold Danko (p), Dave Shapiro (b), Beaver Harris (ds) and Jacques Pelzer (ss, fl) at "Internationaal Jazzfestival Laren"...

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Chet Baker records ‘Chet Baker Sings’ for Pacific Jazz (1954)

'Chet Baker Sings' is an album recorded on February 15, 1954 and July 30, 1956 and released in 1956 by Pacific Jazz.Track listing : . 1.That Old Feeling (Sammy Fain,...

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Chet Baker records ‘Chet Baker & Crew’ for Pacific Jazz (1956)

'Chet Baker & Crew' is a studio album recorded on July 24, 25 and 31, 1956 and released the same year by Pacific Jazz.Track Listing : 1.To Mickey'S Memory (Harvey...

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Chet Baker records ‘Chet Baker in Tokyo’ (1987)

'Chet Baker in Tokyo' is a live album recorded on June 14, 1987 less than a year before his death and released posthumously by Evidence.Track Listing : 1.Stella By Starlight...

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Chet Baker invites Van Morrison & Elvis Costello at Ronnie Scott’s (1986)

June 6, 1986 - Van Morrison and Elvis Costello will sit in with Chet Baker at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club's in London

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Eliane Elias releases ‘I Thought About You’ as ‘A Tribute to Chet Baker’ (2013)

Eliane Elias' 'I Thought About You' is an album sub-titled 'A Tribute to Chet Baker' released on May 28, 2013 by Concord.Track Listing : 1.I Thought About You (James Van...

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This week In One-Off Collaborations 19/52

Snoop Dogg & Charlie Wilson, Rick James & The Temptations, Steve Winwood & Stevie Wonder, Carole King & James Taylor, Fergie & Debbie Harry, Bono & Kylie Minogue, Eric Burdon...

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This week In Jazz Legends 19/52

Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Arturo Sandoval, Branford Marsalis, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, Woody Shaw , Pharoah Sanders, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard, Keith...

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This week In Male Balladeers 19/52

Chet Baker, George Michael, Jeff Buckley, James Blake, Carlos Lyra, Bono, Eric Burdon, Steve Winwood, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, Donovan, Dan Auerbach

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This week In Jazz Legends 52/52

How well do you know the music of Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack...

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Playing (and Singing) Miles Davis

Les Double Six, Sting, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Lee Konitz, The Danish Radio Big Band, John Mclaughlin, Chet Baker, Hiromi, Chick Corea, Chris Botti, Nils Landgren,...

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Singing (or Playing) With Van Morrison

Chet Baker, Cliff Richard, Bob Dylan , Ray Charles, Tom Jones, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, The Chieftains, Candy Dulfer, John Lee Hooker, Them, The Band, Michael Bublé

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