The best winter albums match the moment when December's frenzy of social activity subsides and real hibernation hours kick in ...

And yet the two men were, in fact, close friends. Sheldon, who was two years younger, idolized Baker, though he was careful not to emulate the slightly older trumpeter’s lifestyle. In the late 1960s ...

In 1952, a 21-year-old trumpeter from Oklahoma named Chet Baker established himself as one the few real superstars of contemporary jazz by both playing and singing with an unmistakable lyricism and at ...

Why Shouldn't You Cry; You Don't Know What Love Is; Rue Grégoire Du Tour; Balzwaltz; Five Years Ago; Waltz For Berlin; Dessert; Toku Do; Chet's Ballad (Why Shouldn't You Cry); ...

Two Fine New Vinyl Releases By Chet Baker and Bill Evans Share Scandinavian Roots. Many jazz fans seem to only focus on Chet Baker’s 1950s material when he was still young and beautiful and crooning ...

On May 21 and 23 of 1981, trumpeter Chet Baker performed at the Salt Peanuts Club in Cologne, Germany. Backing him were Jon Eardley (fhrn), Bob Mover (as), Dennis Luxion (p), Rocky Knauer (b) and ...