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 ...
You do not generally feel like jumping up and shouting ‘Yeah!’ after a Chet Baker trumpet solo. All that tenderness, turmoil and pain has driven you too far inside. He reaches that same part of us as ...