Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Time after Time: The Chet Baker Project, written by playwright James O'Reilly, toured Canada in 2001. [48] Jeroen de Valk has written a biography of Baker; Chet Baker: His Life and Music is the English translation. [49] Other biographies of him include James Gavin's Deep in a Dream—The Long Night of Chet Baker, and Matthew Ruddick's Funny ...
Chet Baker and His Quintet with Bobby Jaspar (1956) – also known as Alone Together Chet in Paris, Vol. 1: Featuring Dick Twardzik ( EmArcy , 1988) – recorded in 1955 Chet in Paris, Vol. 2: Everything Happens to Me (EmArcy, 1988) – recorded in 1955
Chet Baker Sings is the debut vocal album by jazz musician Chet Baker, released in 1954 by Pacific Jazz Records. In 2001, the album received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award . [ 4 ] Baker would return to selections from this album throughout his career.
(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You is an album by jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker.It follows a formula similar to two other Baker albums, Chet Baker Sings (1954) and Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman & Strings (recorded in 1955, released in 1964 [2]) in which he sings traditional pop standards in a jazzy fashion.
Chet Baker chronology; Symphonically (1985) Chet Baker Sings Again (1986) There'll Never Be Another You (1985) Chet Baker Sings Again is an album by trumpeter ...
She Was Too Good to Me is an album by Chet Baker. [1] [2] [3] The album was released in 1974 [4] as what some would call a "comeback" album. The title track is an alteration of "He Was Too Good to Me". There were three recording sessions (July 17, October 31, and November 1, 1974). [5]
The photos of Baker were taken by William Claxton. The picture of the Colosseum evokes Europe, where Baker began touring for the first time in September 1955. Images of Cupid, flowers, and a cropped close-up of Baker with his girlfriend Lili Cukier reflect the romantic track listing, containing love and torch songs. The song titles are spelled ...
In the early '80's, Chet Baker met Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist and composer Rique Pantoja while both were playing nightclubs in Paris near each other. Baker dropped in to hear Pantoja playing, which developed into an artistic collaboration with Pantoja composing songs for Baker to record and Baker inviting Pantoja to tour with him.