Chronicling the first half of the last reunion of two “bad boys" of Jazz, this album demonstrates how, even in the autumns of their lives, Chet and Stan could still play on their feet and swing with ...
Early in James Gavin's finely crafted biography of the brilliant and troubled trumpeter Chet Baker, the author quotes long-time Baker associate Enrico Pieranunzi opining, "For American people, Chet ...
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 ...