Chet Baker

Chesney Henry „Chet“ Baker, Jr. (* 23. december 1929, Yale, Oklahoma, USA† 13. máj, 1988, Amsterdam, Holandsko) bol americký džezový trubkár, hráč na krídlovku a spevák. V roku 1987 bol uvedený do Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. Počas svojej kariéry spolupracoval s hudobníkmi ako Stan Getz, Charlie Parker či Dexter Gordon. Slávnym sa stal ako hráč v kvartete s Gerrym Mulliganom. Zomrel v roku 1988 v Amsterdame, po páde z druhého poschodia hotelovej izby.

Diskografia
 1952 - Live at the Trade Winds
 1952 - Bird & Chet - Inglewood Jam
 1952 - The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Fantasy)
 1952 - The Original Quartet w/ Chet Baker (Gerry Mulligan)
 1953-54 - West Coast Live (with Stan Getz)
 1953 - Chet Baker & Strings
 1953 - Witch Doctor (The Lighthouse All Stars)
 1953 - Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman
 1953 - Chet Baker Sings
 1953 - Ensemble
 1953-54 - This Time The Dream's On Me - Live Volume 1
Out of Nowhere - Live Volume 2 | My Old Flame - Live Volume 3
 1954 - Boston, 1954
 1954 - Sextet
 1954 - Chet Baker Big Band
 1955 - Chet Baker Sings and Plays
 1955 - In Europe 1955 | My Funny Valentine
 1955 - Köln Concert
 1955 - Chet Baker In Paris - Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4
 1956 - At the Forum Theater | Cools Out | Chet Baker & Crew
 1956 - The Route
 1956 - Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (With Bud Shank)
 1956 - Picture of Heath | Playboys (With Art Pepper)
 1956 - Quartet: Russ Freeman and Chet Baker
 1957 - Reunion (with Gerry Mulligan)
 1957 - Annie Ross Sings A Song W/ Mulligan (A.Ross & G. Mulligan)
 1957 - Embraceable You
 1958 - Stan Meets Chet
 1958 - In New York
 1958 - Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You
 1958 - Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace
 1959 - Chet
 1959 - Jack Sheldon and his All Stars (Jack Sheldon)
 1959 - The Best of Lerner and Loewe
 1959 - Chet Baker in Milan
 1959 - Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings
 1962 - Chet Is Back! | The Italian Sessions | Somewhere Over The Rainbow
 1962 - Hallucinations (with René Thomas Quintet)
 1958-62 - Italian Movies
 1964 - Stella By Starlight
 1964 - Brussels 1964
 1964 - The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65
 1964 - Baby Breeze
 1965 - Baker's Holiday
 1965 - Groovin' | Comin' On |Cool Burnin'| Smokin' | Boppin'
 1965-66 - A Taste of Tequila | Hats Off! | Double Shot | In The Mood
 1965 - A Sign Of The Times (Joe Pass)
 1965-66-67 - Michelle | California Dreamin' | Brazil, Brazil, Brazil | Is Paris Burning? | Magical Mystery (Bud Shank)
 1966 - Quietly There | Into My Life
 1966 - Live At Gaetano's
 1968 - Albert's House
 1970 - Blood, Chet & Tears
 1974 - Lee Konitz / Chet Baker / Keith Jarrett Quintet
 1974 - In Concert (with Lee Konitz)
 1974 - She Was Too Good to Me
 1974 - Carnegie Hall Concert (With Gerry Mulligan)
 1975 - Concierto (Jim Hall)
 1976 - Deep In A Dream Of You
 1977 - Once Upon A Summertime
 1977 - You Can't Go Home Again | The Best Thing For You
 1977 - The Incredible Chet Baker Plays And Sings
 1977 - The Girl From Ipanema (Astrud Gilberto
 1978 - Sings, Plays (Live at the Keystone Korner)
 1978 - The Rising Sun Collection
 1978 - Live in Chateauvallon, 1978
 1978 - Live at Nick's
 1978 - Oh You Crazy Moon - The Legacy Vol. 4.
 1978 - Broken Wing
 1978 - Two A Day
 1979 - Ballads for Two (With Wolfgang Lackerschmid)
 1979 - Flic ou Voyou (Movie Soundtrack)
 1979 - The Touch of Your Lips
 1979 - Daybreak | This Is Always | Someday My Prince Will Come
 1979 - Rendez-vous | All Blues (with Rachel Gould)
 1979 - No Problem
 1980 - Just Friends (1979)
 1979 - Baker / Lackerschmid
 1979 - Soft Journey (with Enrico Pieranunzi)
 1980 - Burnin' At Backstreet
 1980 - Chet Baker / Steve Houben
 1980 - Just Friends | In Your Own Sweet Way | Down
 1980 - Leaving
 1980 - At Le Dreher
 1980 - Patrão (Ron Carter)
 1980 - Chet Baker & The Boto Brazilian Quartet
 1981 - Live at Fat Tuesday's
 1981 - I Remember You | My Funny Valentine | Round Midnight
 1981 - Chet Baker in Paris 1981
 1981 - Dream Drops (Michel Graillier)
 1982 - Out of Nowhere
 1982 - Peace
 1982 - But Not For Me
 1982 - Gershwin Carmichael Cats (Roland Hanna)
 1982 - Studio Trieste (with Hubert Laws & Jim Hall)
 1983 - Line for Lyons (with Stan Getz)
 1983 - Baker/Catherine/Rassinfosse
 1983 - Live in Sweden with Åke Johansson Trio
 1983 - September Song | Star Eyes
 1983 - Quintessence Vol 1 & 2 | The Stockholm Concert (with Stan Getz)
 1983 - Live at New Morning
 1983 - Everything Happens To Me (Kirk Lightsey Trio)
 1983 - A Trumpet For The Sky Vol 1 | A Trumpet For The Sky Vol 2.
 1983 - At Capolinea
 1983 - Punch The Clock (Elvis Costello)
 1983 - The Improviser
 1983-85 - Mr. B.
 1984 - Live at The Renaissance II
 1984 - Blues for a Reason
 1984 - Le Jumeau (Vladimir Cosma)
 1985 - Sleepless (Joe LoCascio)
 1985 - Misty | My Foolish Heart | Time After Time | Would You Believe?
 1985 - I Remember You - The Legacy Vol 2
 1985 - There'll Never Be Another You (with Philip Catherine)
 1985 - In Bologna
 1985 - Chet & Toots (Åke Johansson Trio & Toots Thielemans)
 1985 - Chet Baker Sings Again
 1985 - Diane (with Paul Bley)
 1985 - Live from the Moonlight
 1985 - Chet's Choice
 1985 - Strollin'
 1985 - Candy
 1985 - Round Midnight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 1985 - Symphonically (with Mike Melillo)
 1985 - One for the Soul (Lizzy Mercier Descloux)
 1985 - Hazy Hugs (With The Amstel Octet)
 1986 - When Sunny Gets Blue
 1986 - Silent Nights
 1986 - As Time Goes By | Cool Cat
 1986 - Nightbird | Live At Ronnie Scott's
 1987 - Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker
 1987 - A Night at the Shalimar Club
 1987 - Welcome Back (with Wolfgang Lackerschmid)
 1987 - Sings And Plays From the Film "Let's Get Lost"
 1987 - Chet Baker in Tokyo
 1987 - Silence (Charlie Haden)
 1987 - The Legacy Vol. 1
 1988 - In Memory Of (with Archie Shepp)
 1988 - The Heart of the Ballad (with Enrico Pieranunzi)
 1988 - Funk in Deep Freeze
 1988 - Little Girl Blue (with Space Jazz Trio)
 1988 - Live In Rosenheim - Last Recording As Quartet
 1988 - My Favourite Songs: The Last Great Concert Volume 1. Straight From The Heart: The Last Great Concert Volume 2

Referencie

Externé odkazy
Chet Baker Nadácia

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