Chet Baker
Born: 23rd December 1929, Yale, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died: 13th May 1988, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality: American
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals: Chet Baker Sings (1954) and It Could Happen to You (1958). Jazz historian Dave Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one". His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame.
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Various Artists - Chet Baker Re:imagined
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A selection of artists unite from around the world to celebrate the music of trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker, seventy years after he released his famous album Chet Baker Sings.
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Eddy Louiss (organ, keyboard), Richard Galliano (accordion), Anthony Jackson (bass guitar), Michel Petrucciani (piano), Steve Gadd (drums), Anne Ducros (vocalist), Stéphane Hénoch (violin), Ghislaine Benabdallah (violin), Helene Corbellari (violin), Didier Dato (violin), Ludo Balla (violin), Helene Lenglart (violin), Eric Fillières (violin), Christophe Briquet (alto), Sébastien Lévy (alto), Vincent Debruyne (alto), Isabelle Sageot (cello), Mimi Brundin-Sunnerstam (cello), Jeanne Nicolas (harp), Benoît Fromanger (flute), Benoit De Mesmay (keyboard, piano), Bruno Castellucci (drumkit), Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Adrien Moignard, Rocky Gresset, Biréli Lagrène, Richard Galliano New York Trio, Chet Baker (trumpet & vocals), The Boto Brazilian Quartet, Didier Lockwood, Philip Catherine, Daniel Huck (altosaxophone), Julio Rakotonanahary (bassguitar), Jean-Marie Ecay (guitar), Xavier Cobo (tenorsaxophone, flute), Olivier Ker Ourio, Sylvain Luc (guitar), Philip Catherine Quartet, Franck Avitabile (piano), Rémi Vignolo (acousticbassguitar), Dre Pallemarts (drumkit), Sara Lazarus, Térez Montcalm (vocalist), Rosario Giuliani, Ahmad Jamal (piano), James Cammack (uprightbass, bassguitar), David Bowler (drumkit), Gordon Lane (drumkit), Todd Coolman (bassguitar), Charlie Haden (double bass), Christian Escoudé, Roy Haynes (drums)
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