Chet Baker

Los Angeles, US

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American jazz trumpeter and vocalist from Yale, Oklahoma (1929-1988). Cool jazz icon. 'My Funny Valentine,' 'Almost Blue,' 'Let's Get Lost.' Devastatingly romantic, fragile vocals over cool trumpet. Troubled life documented in Bruce Weber's Let's Get Lost (1988). Fell from an Amsterdam hotel window. Heartbreakingly beautiful music.

  • Ended
    May 13, 1988
  • Born
    Dec 23, 1929
  • Authority
    Fan contributed
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