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Chet Baker
Author profile
born
in Yale, Oklahoma, The United States
December 23, 1929
died
May 13, 1988
gender
male
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As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir
— published 1997 — 8 editions |
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Chet Baker's Scat Solos
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Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film "Let's Get Lost"
— published 2002 |
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Evolution of an Artist
— published 2008 |
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My Funny Valentine [Golden Stars]
— published 2006 |
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Early Years
— published 2005 |
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Career 1952-1988
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Chet Baker in Europe, 1975-1988
— published 1993 |
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Rock 'n' Roll Is Dead
by Marc Ciccarone , G. Winston Hyatt, Marc Sorondo — published 2011 |
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“It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play. I find this a little exasperating, but I'm a lot more experienced now, and understand that probably less than 2 percent of the public can really hear. When I say hear, I mean follow a horn player through his ideas, and be able to understand those ideas in relation to the changes, if the changes are completely modern. Dixie is different - it's easier to follow, and rock is even simpler than Dixie, except for the music of a few really fine rock musicians (or variations thereof)...”
― Chet Baker, As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir
― Chet Baker, As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir
