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Time after Time: The Chet Baker Project, written by playwright James O'Reilly, toured Canada in 2001. [48] Jeroen de Valk has written a biography of Baker; Chet Baker: His Life and Music is the English translation. [49] Other biographies of him include James Gavin's Deep in a Dream—The Long Night of Chet Baker, and Matthew Ruddick's Funny ...
Another was the September 12, 1908, funeral of Los Angeles city Police Chief Walter H. Auble, ... Chet Baker (1929–1988), musician; W. Lester Banks ...
Chet Baker in Tokyo is a live album by jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker, recorded at Showa Women's University's Hitomi Memorial Hall. Released only eleven months before his death, it has been hailed as, "A glorious moment in Chet Baker's twilight."
Chet is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker first released in 1959. The record is sometimes subtitled The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker.Chet features performances by Baker with alto flautist Herbie Mann, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, pianist Bill Evans, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, and either Connie Kay (on six tracks) or Philly Joe Jones (on four tracks) playing drums.
Inglewood Jam, also known as Bird and Chet and Live at the Trade Winds, is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, recorded in California in 1952 with trumpet player Chet Baker and Sonny Criss. It was released by the Jazz Showcase label in 1978.
Amsterdam 1988. Police detective Lucas tries to reconstruct the events that lead to the death of jazz musician Chet Baker. He meets with his final lover Sarah, loyal friend Simon and strange admirer Doctor Feelgood. He learns about Baker's tragic life as a problematic heroin user and lonely soul. While he conducts his investigation Lucas is ...
The film score features performances by Baker from the 1950s and 1960s along with newly recorded performances from 1987 and the soundtrack album was released on the RCA Novus label (full title Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film "Let's Get Lost") in 1989. [20] [21] [22] "Baker is my favourite vocalist of the century," Björk told Q.
After Baker's death in 1988, Frank wrote and published a biography of Baker titled Chet Baker: The Missing Years, which was notable for its "conversational narrative" and extensive knowledge of previously unknown details about Baker. The book focuses on Baker's comeback from 1967–1971 and the later years the two toured and recorded two live ...