Chet Baker
- Type: Classic Bandleader
- Country: United States
- Born: December 23, 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, United States
- Died: May 13, 1988 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Active: 1929 - 1988
Biography
Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist, and an icon of the West Coast cool jazz movement. Known for his fragile, lyrical trumpet tone and soft, intimate singing, he rose to prominence in the early 1950s with the innovative, pianoless quartet led by *Gerry Mulligan*. His 1954 album for the #Pacific Jazz# label, 'Chet Baker Sings', became a defining record, showcasing his dual talents and establishing his romantic, melancholic persona. Despite a career plagued by well-publicized drug addiction and legal troubles, he experienced a significant resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in Europe, where his playing gained a new depth and maturity before his tragic death.
Genres
Chet Baker Discography
- Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman (1953) - Album - rated 3.57/5
- Chet Baker Quartet (1953) - Album - rated 3.35/5
- Chet Baker Sings (1954) - Album - rated 4.56/5
- Chet Baker & Strings (1954) - Album - rated 3.36/5
- Chet Baker Ensemble (1954) - Album - rated 3.39/5
- Chet Baker Sextet (1954) - Album - rated 3.36/5
- Jazz at Ann Arbor (1955) - Album - rated 3.45/5
- Sings and Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings (1955) - Album - rated 3.97/5
- Chet Baker Quartet Vol. 2 (1956) - Album - rated 3.94/5
- Cools Out (1956) - Album - rated 3.27/5
- Chet Baker & Crew (1957) - Album - rated 3.53/5
- Big Band (1957) - Album - rated 3.57/5
- Chet Baker and His Quintet with Bobby Jaspar (1957) - Album - rated 3.97/5
- It Could Happen to You (1958) - Album - rated 3.81/5
- In New York (1958) - Album - rated 3.62/5
- The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (1958) - Compilation - rated 3.85/5
- Chet (1959) - Album - rated 4.03/5
- Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe (1959) - Album - rated 3.41/5
- Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings (1960) - Album - rated 1.92/5
- In Milan (1960) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- Chet Is Back! (1962) - Album - rated 3.78/5
- Baker's Holiday (1965) - Album - rated 3.2/5
- Baby Breeze (1965) - Album - rated 3.7/5
- She Was Too Good to Me (1974) - Album - rated 3.8/5
- Broken Wing (1979) - Album - rated 3.89/5
- The Touch of Your Lips (1979) - Album - rated 3.99/5
- No Problem (1980) - Album - rated 3.8/5
- Once Upon a Summertime (1980) - Album - rated 3.58/5
- Peace (1982) - Album - rated 3.84/5
- Chet's Choice (1985) - Album - rated 4.02/5
- The Best of Chet Baker Sings (1989) - Compilation - rated 4.5/5
- The Art of the Ballad (1998) - Compilation
- Chet Baker in Paris: A Selection from the Legendary Barclay Recordings 1955-1956 (2000) - Compilation - rated 3.96/5
- Deep in a Dream: The Ultimate Chet Baker Collection (2002) - Compilation - rated 3.62/5
Members
- Chet Baker Sextet - Member
- Bobby Jaspar - Member
- Amedeo Tommasi - Member
- Benoit Quersin - Member
- Daniel Humair - Member
- René Thomas - Member
- Chet Baker - Member
- Chet Baker Quartet - Member
- Nils Winther - Member
- Duke Jordan - Member
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Member
- Norman Fearrington - Member
- Balmorhea - Member
- Jesy Fortino - Member
- Chet Baker Trio - Member
- Philip Catherine - Member
- Hein Van De Geyn - Member
- Jean-Louis Rassinfosse - Member
- Gerry Teekens - Member
- Various - primary artist
- Ed Funk - mixed by, mastered by, producer
- Sir Piers - mixed by, mastered by, producer
- Richard Earnshaw - mixed by, mastered by, keyboards
- DirtDiggers - primary artist
- Russ Freeman - piano, composed by
- Carson Smith - bass
- Bob Neel - drums
- Richard Bock - producer
- Gerry Mulligan - composed by
- William Claxton - photography by, design
- Larry Bunker - drums
- Leo Robin - written-by
- Ralph Rainger - written-by
- Jerome Kern - written-by
- P.G. Wodehouse - written-by
- Buddy G. De Sylva - written-by
- Lew Brown - written-by
- Ray Henderson - written-by
- Johnny Mandel - composed by
- Jack Montrose - composed by