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 ...
If trumpeter Chet Baker had died in 1955, in his mid-20s, he would be remembered as a golden boy cut down in his prime, a player of much promise, unfulfilled. Musically, he would be pegged as an adept ...
Both jazz biopics, and “Born to Be Blue,” comment on our own genre expectations and the fate of the Hollywood standby the jazz biopic. By Salamishah Tillet Ethan Hawke plays Chet Baker in this ...
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