Name: Chet Is Back!
Brand: Chet Baker

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

88985311592

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-12

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Supplier GB

Sony

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Standard:20

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889853115921

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Chet Baker

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Jazz

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Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, composer, and artist. Born on December 23, 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, USA, he began his career in the early 1950s playing alongside renowned musicians. However, his career was hindered by drug addiction and arrests for narcotics.

Despite these challenges, Baker made several comebacks starting from 1957 with collaborations featuring talented musicians like [Collaborator Name] and Gerry Mulligan. Despite having his teeth knocked out during an altercation, Baker recovered and continued to record frequently across various labels. He showcased his skills both in small groups and leading large ensembles in live settings.

In the 1980s until his death at the age of 58 on May 13th, 1988 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Chet Baker recorded extensively in Europe. His music legacy remains influential as he left behind a remarkable body of work that showcases his unique talent as a trumpeter and vocalist.

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Teaming up with some young-gun European jazzmen in 1962, Chet Baker played some of the most energetic music of his career. He leads the band in a mad dash through Thelonious Monk's "Well You Needn't," struts with confidence through Charlie Parker's sunny-sounding "Barbados," and sounds positively wistful on "Over the Rainbow." Added to this edition are four sides Baker cut with soundtrack maestro Ennio Morricone. It's about the only place you'll hear Baker sing in Italian, as Morricone's trademark strings swell behind his haunting falsetto.

Chet Is Back!

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