Trumpeter/Singer Chet Baker was the Jazz matinee idol of the Beat generation. He was handsome as all get out and as cool as a cucumber. Album covers from his prime reflect his status as the Marlon Brando/James Dean/Dean Moriarty of Jazz. Here’s a sampler:
It’s time for some cool Jazz from 1956:
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Read not too long ago that Chet was beaten up, lost most/all of his teef, & had to relearn blowing the trumpet w/ his new embouchure.
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