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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1" title="تشيت بيكر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تشيت بيكر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87et_Beyker" title="Çet Beyker – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çet Beyker" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1" title="چت بیکر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چت بیکر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Чет Бейкър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чет Бейкър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%84_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Τσετ Μπέικερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τσετ Μπέικερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1" title="چت بیکر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چت بیکر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B3%87_%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EC%BB%A4" title="쳇 베이커 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쳇 베이커" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%A5%D5%A9_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Չեթ Բեյքեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Չեթ Բեյքեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%98_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8" title="צ'ט בייקר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'ט בייקר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1" title="تشيت بيكر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تشيت بيكر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC" title="チェット・ベイカー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="チェット・ベイカー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker" title="Chet Baker – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Chet Baker" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80,_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Бейкер, Чет – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бейкер, Чет" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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Netherlands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cool_jazz" title="Cool jazz">Cool jazz</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_jazz" title="West Coast jazz">West Coast jazz</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Musician</li><li>composer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Trumpet</li><li>flugelhorn</li><li>vocals</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1949–1988<sup id="cite_ref-Ruhlmann_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruhlmann-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Jazz_Records" title="Pacific Jazz Records">Pacific Jazz</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Spouses</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Charlaine Souder</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1950, divorced)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Halema Alli</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1956; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1964)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Carol Ann Jackson</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1964)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Partners</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liliane_Rov%C3%A8re" title="Liliane Rovère">Liliane Cukier</a> (1954–1956)</li> <li>Diane Vavra (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Young_(singer)" title="Ruth Young (singer)">Ruth Young</a> (1973–<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1983</span>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Chesney Henry</b> "<b>Chet</b>" <b>Baker Jr.</b> (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in <a href="/wiki/Cool_jazz" title="Cool jazz">cool jazz</a> that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals: <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Sings" title="Chet Baker Sings">Chet Baker Sings</a></i> (1954) and <i><a href="/wiki/(Chet_Baker_Sings)_It_Could_Happen_to_You" title="(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You">It Could Happen to You</a></i> (1958). Jazz historian <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gelly" title="Dave Gelly">Dave Gelly</a> described the promise of Baker's early career as "<a href="/wiki/James_Dean" title="James Dean">James Dean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Sinatra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bix_Beiderbecke" title="Bix Beiderbecke">Bix</a>, rolled into one".<sup id="cite_ref-Gelly_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gelly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His well-publicized <a href="/wiki/Substance_dependence" title="Substance dependence">drug habit</a> also drove his notoriety and fame. Baker was in and out of jail frequently before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Leland2004_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leland2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baker was born December 23, 1929, in <a href="/wiki/Yale,_Oklahoma" title="Yale, Oklahoma">Yale, Oklahoma</a>, and raised in a musical household.<sup id="cite_ref-Gioia1998_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gioia1998-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 169">: 169 </span></sup> His father, Chesney Baker Sr., was a professional <a href="/wiki/Western_swing" title="Western swing">Western swing</a> guitarist, and his mother, Vera Moser, was a pianist who worked in a perfume factory. His maternal grandmother was Norwegian.<sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 10">: 10 </span></sup> Baker said that owing to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, his father, though talented, had to quit as a musician and take a regular job. In 1940, when Baker was 10, his family relocated to <a href="/wiki/Glendale,_California" title="Glendale, California">Glendale, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker began his musical career singing in a church choir. His father, a fan of <a href="/wiki/Jack_Teagarden" title="Jack Teagarden">Jack Teagarden</a>, gave him a trombone, before switching to the trumpet at the age of 13 when the trombone proved to be too large for him.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother said that he had begun to memorize tunes on the radio before he was given an instrument.<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After "falling in love" with the trumpet, he improved noticeably in two weeks. Peers called Baker a natural musician to whom playing came effortlessly.<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker received some musical education at <a href="/wiki/Glendale_High_School_(Glendale,_California)" title="Glendale High School (Glendale, California)">Glendale High School</a>, but he left school at the age of 16 in 1946 to join the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>. He was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin, Germany</a>, where he joined the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Brigade" title="Berlin Brigade">298th Army Band</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gioia1998_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gioia1998-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 170">: 170 </span></sup> While stationed in Berlin, he became acquainted with modern jazz by listening to <a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Discs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Kenton" title="Stan Kenton">Stan Kenton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After leaving the Army in 1948, he studied music theory and harmony at <a href="/wiki/El_Camino_College" title="El Camino College">El Camino College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He dropped out during his second year to re-enlist. He became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth United States Army">Sixth Army Band</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco" title="Presidio of San Francisco">Presidio</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> spending time in clubs such as <a href="/wiki/Bop_City" title="Bop City">Bop City</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_(nightclub)" title="Black Hawk (nightclub)">Black Hawk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McKeever2014_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKeever2014-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was discharged from the Army in 1951 and proceeded to pursue a career in music.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chet_Baker_(1955_portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Chet_Baker_%281955_portrait%29.jpg/220px-Chet_Baker_%281955_portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Chet_Baker_%281955_portrait%29.jpg/330px-Chet_Baker_%281955_portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Chet_Baker_%281955_portrait%29.jpg/440px-Chet_Baker_%281955_portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1634" data-file-height="2043" /></a><figcaption>Baker in 1955</figcaption></figure> <p>Baker performed with <a href="/wiki/Vido_Musso" title="Vido Musso">Vido Musso</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a> before being chosen by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a> for a series of West Coast engagements.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1952, Baker joined the <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a> Quartet and attracted considerable attention. Rather than playing identical melody lines in unison like Parker and Gillespie, Baker and Mulligan complemented each other with counterpoint and anticipating what the other would play next. "<a href="/wiki/My_Funny_Valentine" title="My Funny Valentine">My Funny Valentine</a>," with a solo by Baker, became a hit and was associated with Baker for the rest of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the quartet, Baker was a regular performer at Los Angeles jazz clubs such as <a href="/wiki/The_Haig" title="The Haig">The Haig</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Club" title="Tiffany Club">Tiffany Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker formed a quartet with a rotation that included pianist <a href="/wiki/Russ_Freeman_(pianist)" title="Russ Freeman (pianist)">Russ Freeman</a>, bassists <a href="/wiki/Bob_Whitlock_(musician)" title="Bob Whitlock (musician)">Bob Whitlock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carson_Smith_(musician)" title="Carson Smith (musician)">Carson Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mondragon" title="Joe Mondragon">Joe Mondragon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Bond_(musician)" title="Jimmy Bond (musician)">Jimmy Bond</a>, and drummers <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bunker" title="Larry Bunker">Larry Bunker</a>, Bob Neel, and <a href="/wiki/Shelly_Manne" title="Shelly Manne">Shelly Manne</a>. </p><p>Baker's quartet released popular albums between 1953 and 1956. Baker won reader's polls at <i><a href="/wiki/Metronome_(magazine)" title="Metronome (magazine)">Metronome</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a></i> magazines, beating trumpeters <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Brown" title="Clifford Brown">Clifford Brown</a>. In 1954, readers named Baker the top jazz vocalist. In 1954, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Jazz_Records" title="Pacific Jazz Records">Pacific Jazz Records</a> released <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Sings" title="Chet Baker Sings">Chet Baker Sings</a></i>, an album that both increased his visibility and drew criticism. Nevertheless, Baker continued to sing throughout the rest of his career. </p><p>Baker, with his youthful, chiseled looks oft-photographed by <a href="/wiki/William_Claxton_(photographer)" title="William Claxton (photographer)">William Claxton</a>, and his <a href="/wiki/Cool_(aesthetic)" title="Cool (aesthetic)">cool</a> demeanor that evoked breezy California <a href="/wiki/Playboy_lifestyle" title="Playboy lifestyle">playboy</a> living, became somewhat of a <a href="/wiki/Teen_idol" title="Teen idol">teen idol</a> on top of being a respected, up-and-coming jazz musician.<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hollywood studios saw movie star potential in Baker, and he made his acting debut in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Hell%27s_Horizon" title="Hell's Horizon">Hell's Horizon</a></i> in the fall of 1955. Baker declined a studio contract, preferring life on the road as a musician. </p><p>Over the next few years, he led his own combos, including a 1955 quintet with <a href="/wiki/Francy_Boland" title="Francy Boland">Francy Boland</a> where Baker combined trumpet-playing and singing. In September 1955, he left for Europe for the first time, completing an eight-month tour and recording for the <a href="/wiki/Barclay_(record_label)" title="Barclay (record label)">Barclay</a> label that October. Some of these sessions were released in the United States as <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_in_Europe" title="Chet Baker in Europe">Chet Baker in Europe</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Inc.1956_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc.1956-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there, he also recorded a rare accompaniment for another vocalist: <a href="/wiki/Caterina_Valente" title="Caterina Valente">Caterina Valente</a> playing guitar and singing "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Remember_April_(song)" title="I'll Remember April (song)">I'll Remember April</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Ev%27ry_Time_We_Say_Goodbye" title="Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye">Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-valente_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valente-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One month into the tour, pianist <a href="/wiki/Dick_Twardzik" title="Dick Twardzik">Dick Twardzik</a> died of a heroin overdose. Despite this, Baker continued the tour, employing local pianists.<sup id="cite_ref-valente_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valente-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Returning to Los Angeles post-tour, Baker returned to recording for Pacific Jazz. His output included three collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Art_Pepper" title="Art Pepper">Art Pepper</a>, including <i><a href="/wiki/Playboys_(Chet_Baker_and_Art_Pepper_album)" title="Playboys (Chet Baker and Art Pepper album)">Playboys</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Theme_Music_from_%22The_James_Dean_Story%22" title="Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"">soundtrack</a> to <i><a href="/wiki/The_James_Dean_Story" title="The James Dean Story">The James Dean Story</a></i>. Baker moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, where he collaborated again with Gerry Mulligan for the 1957 release <i><a href="/wiki/Reunion_with_Chet_Baker" title="Reunion with Chet Baker">Reunion with Chet Baker</a></i>. In 1958, Baker rejoined with Stan Getz for <i><a href="/wiki/Stan_Meets_Chet" title="Stan Meets Chet">Stan Meets Chet</a></i>. That same year, he also released <i><a href="/wiki/(Chet_Baker_Sings)_It_Could_Happen_to_You" title="(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You">It Could Happen to You</a></i>, similar to <i>Chet Baker Sings</i>, notable for featuring his <a href="/wiki/Scat_singing" title="Scat singing">scat singing</a> skills in lieu of trumpet-playing. His last significant release before returning to Europe was <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Chet (Chet Baker album)">Chet</a></i>, released by <a href="/wiki/Riverside_Records" title="Riverside Records">Riverside Records</a>, featuring an all-star personnel that included pianist <a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans" title="Bill Evans">Bill Evans</a>, bassist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Chambers" title="Paul Chambers">Paul Chambers</a>, and drummer <a href="/wiki/Philly_Joe_Jones" title="Philly Joe Jones">Philly Joe Jones</a>, all associated with leading jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drug_addiction_and_decline">Drug addiction and decline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Drug addiction and decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soon after signing on with Riverside Records, Baker was arrested twice; the first arrest involved a stay at a Lexington hospital, then imprisonment at <a href="/wiki/Rikers_Island" title="Rikers Island">Rikers Island</a> for four months on drug charges. Baker said he began using <a href="/wiki/Heroin" title="Heroin">heroin</a> in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-Gioia1998_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gioia1998-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 191">: 191 </span></sup> However, author Jeroen de Valk and pianist Russ Freeman said that Baker started heroin in the early 1950s. Freeman was Baker's musical director after Baker left the Mulligan quartet. Sometimes Baker pawned his instruments to buy drugs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In late 1959, Baker returned to Europe, recording in Italy what became known as the Milano sessions with arranger and conductor <a href="/wiki/Ezio_Leoni" title="Ezio Leoni">Ezio Leoni</a> (Len Mercer) and his orchestra. Baker appeared as himself in the <a href="/wiki/Musicarello" title="Musicarello">musicarello</a> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Howlers_in_the_Dock" title="Howlers in the Dock">Howlers in the Dock</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_journalism" title="Tabloid journalism">Tabloids</a> reviled Baker for his drug habit and reckless womanizing and infidelity.<sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 169–170">: 169–170 </span></sup> In August 1960, he was imprisoned in <a href="/wiki/Lucca" title="Lucca">Lucca</a> for importing narcotics, forging prescriptions, and drug abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-Gioia1998_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gioia1998-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 191">: 191 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-voce_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voce-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This forced Leoni to communicate through the prison warden to coordinate arrangements with Baker as they prepared for recording.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker spent nearly a year and a half in jail, and was later arrested in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> and expelled to Switzerland, then France, later moving to England in August 1962. He appeared as himself in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Hours" title="Stolen Hours">Stolen Hours</a></i>, which was released in 1963. He was deported from England to France, because of a drug offense, in March 1963. He lived in Paris and performed there and in Spain over the next year, but after being arrested again, he was deported to the U.S. from Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruhlmann_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruhlmann-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He settled in <a href="/wiki/Milpitas,_California" title="Milpitas, California">Milpitas</a>, California, performing in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> between jail terms for prescription fraud.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Baker's first release in 1962, after his Italian prison sentence, was <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Is_Back!" title="Chet Is Back!">Chet Is Back!</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a>, balancing ballads with energetic bop. That same year, Baker collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Ennio_Morricone" title="Ennio Morricone">Ennio Morricone</a> in Rome for a series of <a href="/wiki/Orchestral_pop" title="Orchestral pop">orchestral pop</a> records, recording four original songs that he had composed during his prison sentence: "<a href="/wiki/Chetty%27s_Lullaby" title="Chetty's Lullaby">Chetty's Lullaby</a>", "<a href="/wiki/So_che_ti_perder%C3%B2" title="So che ti perderò">So che ti perderò</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Motivo_su_raggio_di_luna" title="Motivo su raggio di luna">Motivo su raggio di luna</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Il_mio_domani" title="Il mio domani">Il mio domani</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-voce_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voce-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker returned to New York City in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout most of the 1960s, Baker played <a href="/wiki/Flugelhorn" title="Flugelhorn">flugelhorn</a>, and recorded music that could be classified as <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_jazz" title="West Coast jazz">West Coast jazz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruhlmann_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruhlmann-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, he released <i><a href="/wiki/The_Most_Important_Jazz_Album_of_1964/65" title="The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65">The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/Colpix_Records" title="Colpix Records">Colpix Records</a>, and in 1965 he released <i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Breeze" title="Baby Breeze">Baby Breeze</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/Limelight_Records" title="Limelight Records">Limelight</a>. He then released five albums with <a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a>, recorded in one week.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker fell behind on jazz's latest innovations.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 96">: 96 </span></sup> At the end of 1965, he returned to the Pacific label, recording six themed albums whose content veered from straight jazz towards uninspired, instrumental covers of contemporary <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop songs</a> arranged by <a href="/wiki/Bud_Shank" title="Bud Shank">Bud Shank</a>. Baker himself was unhappy with the records, describing them as "simply a job to pay the rent." By this time, he had a wife and three children to support.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 100–101">: 100–101 </span></sup> </p><p>The following summer, already having reached a low point in his career, Baker was beaten up, probably while attempting to buy drugs,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after performing at <a href="/wiki/The_Trident_(restaurant)" title="The Trident (restaurant)">The Trident</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sausalito,_California" title="Sausalito, California">Sausalito</a>. In the film <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Lost_(1988_film)" title="Let's Get Lost (1988 film)">Let's Get Lost</a></i>, Baker said an acquaintance attempted to rob him, but backed off, only to return the next night with a group of men who chased him. He entered a car and was surrounded. Instead of rescuing him, the people inside the car pushed him back out onto the street, where the chase continued. He received cuts and several of his teeth were knocked out. This incident has been often misdated or otherwise said to be exaggerated partly because of his own unreliable testimony on the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruhlmann_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruhlmann-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regardless, the 1966 incident did lead to his teeth eventually deteriorating. By late 1968 or early 1969, he needed <a href="/wiki/Dentures" title="Dentures">dentures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This ruined his <a href="/wiki/Embouchure" title="Embouchure">embouchure</a>, and he struggled to relearn how to play the trumpet and flugelhorn. </p><p>Baker claims that, for three years, he worked at a gas station until concluding that he had to find a way back to music and retrain his embouchure.<sup id="cite_ref-interview1980_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview1980-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Biographer Jeroen de Valk notes that Baker was still musically active after 1966, performing and occasionally recording. In April 1968, he provided flugelhorn for Bud Shank's <i><a href="/wiki/Magical_Mystery" title="Magical Mystery">Magical Mystery</a></i> album.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1969, he released <i><a href="/wiki/Albert%27s_House" title="Albert's House">Albert's House</a></i>, which features 11 compositions by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Allen" title="Steve Allen">Steve Allen</a>, who organized the recording date to help Baker restart his career. In 1970, Baker released <i><a href="/wiki/Blood,_Chet_and_Tears" title="Blood, Chet and Tears">Blood, Chet and Tears</a></i>. </p><p>After these unsuccessful releases, Baker withdrew from the music business. He did not release another album for 4 years, and from around 1968 to 1973, stopped performing in public.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moving back with his family to his mother's house in San Jose and depending on welfare, Baker was arrested for forging heroin prescriptions. The judge released him on the condition that he remained on <a href="/wiki/Methadone" title="Methadone">methadone</a> for the next seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comeback">Comeback</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Comeback"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Getz%26BakerSandvika1983x.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Getz%26BakerSandvika1983x.jpg/220px-Getz%26BakerSandvika1983x.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Getz%26BakerSandvika1983x.jpg/330px-Getz%26BakerSandvika1983x.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Getz%26BakerSandvika1983x.jpg/440px-Getz%26BakerSandvika1983x.jpg 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Baker (right) and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a>, 1983</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1973, Baker decided to attempt a comeback. Returning to the <a href="/wiki/Straight-ahead_jazz" title="Straight-ahead jazz">straight-ahead jazz</a> that began his career, he drove to New York to perform again.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974, the <a href="/wiki/India_Navigation" title="India Navigation">India Navigation</a> label released <a href="/wiki/In_Concert_(Chet_Baker_and_Lee_Konitz_album)" title="In Concert (Chet Baker and Lee Konitz album)">a live album</a> of performances with saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Lee_Konitz" title="Lee Konitz">Lee Konitz</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/She_Was_Too_Good_to_Me" title="She Was Too Good to Me">She Was Too Good to Me</a></i>, released by <a href="/wiki/CTI_Records" title="CTI Records">CTI Records</a> that same year, is considered a comeback album. His last release of 1974 was another <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall_Concert_(Gerry_Mulligan_and_Chet_Baker_album)" title="Carnegie Hall Concert (Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker album)">live album recorded at Carnegie Hall</a>, which was his final collaboration with Gerry Mulligan. </p><p>From that time, work in both the U.S. and Europe was inconsistent. In 1977, Baker recorded <i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Summertime_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Once Upon a Summertime (Chet Baker album)">Once Upon a Summertime</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Go_Home_Again_(album)" title="You Can't Go Home Again (album)">You Can't Go Home Again</a></i>. That November, he returned to Europe to tour for the rest of that year. Being met with renewed interest in France, Italy, Germany, and Denmark, Baker decided to stay.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked almost exclusively in Europe, only returning to the U.S. about once a year to attend some performances.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From that point on, Baker recorded a prolific amount of material. In 1979, Baker made 11 records; the following year, he made 10. They were released by small jazz labels such as <a href="/wiki/Circle_Records_(Germany)" title="Circle Records (Germany)">Circle</a>, <a href="/wiki/SteepleChase_Records" title="SteepleChase Records">SteepleChase</a>, and Sandra. </p><p>During the early 1980s, Baker began to associate himself with musicians with whom he meshed well, such as guitarist <a href="/wiki/Philip_Catherine" title="Philip Catherine">Philip Catherine</a>, bassist <a href="/wiki/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, and pianist <a href="/wiki/Michel_Graillier" title="Michel Graillier">Michel Graillier</a>. </p><p>Later in his career, Baker preferred to play in ensembles without drums.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He detested playing at loud venues to inattentive audiences. At gigs in lively French and American clubs, he would sometimes wait for over half an hour for noise to die down before beginning to perform, and he would pause his performance if the audience made a racket.<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 102">: 102 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1983, British singer <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Costello" title="Elvis Costello">Elvis Costello</a>, a longtime fan of Baker, hired the trumpeter to play a solo on his song "<a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding_(song)" title="Shipbuilding (song)">Shipbuilding</a>" for the album <i><a href="/wiki/Punch_the_Clock" title="Punch the Clock">Punch the Clock</a></i>. The song exposed Baker's music to a new audience. Later, Baker often featured Costello's song "<a href="/wiki/Almost_Blue_(song)" title="Almost Blue (song)">Almost Blue</a>" (in turn inspired by Baker's version of "<a href="/wiki/The_Thrill_Is_Gone_(1931_song)" title="The Thrill Is Gone (1931 song)">The Thrill Is Gone</a>") in his concert sets. </p><p>In 1985, five years after meeting Brazilian pianist/composer <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rique_Pantoja" class="extiw" title="pt:Rique Pantoja">Rique Pantoja</a> in a club in Paris, Baker was invited by Pantoja to perform at the <a href="/wiki/Free_Jazz_Festival" title="Free Jazz Festival">Free Jazz Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>. While in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, Baker recorded trumpet and vocals for their duet album <i><a href="/wiki/Rique_Pantoja_%26_Chet_Baker" title="Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker">Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, <i>Chet Baker: Live at Ronnie Scott's London</i> presented Baker in an intimate stage performance filmed with Elvis Costello and <a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a> as he performed a set of standards and classics, including "<a href="/wiki/Just_Friends_(John_Klenner_and_Sam_M._Lewis_song)" title="Just Friends (John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis song)">Just Friends</a>", "My Ideal", and "Shifting Down". Augmenting the music, Baker spoke one-on-one with friend and colleague Costello about his childhood, career, and struggle with drugs. </p><p>Baker recorded the live album <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_in_Tokyo" title="Chet Baker in Tokyo">Chet Baker in Tokyo</a></i> with his quartet featuring pianist <a href="/wiki/Harold_Danko" title="Harold Danko">Harold Danko</a>, bassist <a href="/wiki/Hein_Van_de_Geyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Hein Van de Geyn">Hein Van de Geyn</a>, and drummer <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Engels_(drummer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Engels (drummer) (page does not exist)">John Engels</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Engels" class="extiw" title="nl:John Engels">nl</a>]</span>. Released eleven months before his death, <a href="/wiki/John_Vinocur" title="John Vinocur">John Vinocur</a> named it "a glorious moment in Chet Baker's twilight."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the winter of 1986, at a club in New York City, Baker met fashion photographer <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Weber_(photographer)" title="Bruce Weber (photographer)">Bruce Weber</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Weber convinced him to do a photo shoot for what was originally going to be only a three-minute film.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Baker started opening up to Weber, Weber convinced him to work on a longer film about his life.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Filming began in January 1987. The finished film, <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Lost_(1988_film)" title="Let's Get Lost (1988 film)">Let's Get Lost</a></i>, is a highly acclaimed and stylized <a href="/wiki/Documentary_film" title="Documentary film">documentary</a> that explores Baker's talent and charm, the glamour of his youth now withered into a derelict state, and his turbulent, sensational romantic and family life. It was released in September 1988, four months after his death that May. Two accompanying soundtrack albums, one compiling highlights from the height of his fame and one featuring new material that Baker recorded during the filming of the documentary, were released in 1989. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chetbakermonument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Chetbakermonument.jpg/220px-Chetbakermonument.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Chetbakermonument.jpg/330px-Chetbakermonument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Chetbakermonument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Plaque at the Hotel Prins Hendrik, in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Early on May 13, 1988, Baker was found dead on the street below his room in Hotel Prins Hendrik, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, with serious wounds to his head, apparently having fallen from the second-story window.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Heroin" title="Heroin">Heroin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> were found in his room and in his body. No evidence of a struggle was found, and the death was ruled an accident.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to another account, he inadvertently locked himself out of his room and fell while attempting to cross from the balcony of the vacant room adjacent to his own.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A plaque was placed outside the hotel in his memory.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker is buried at the <a href="/wiki/Inglewood_Park_Cemetery" title="Inglewood Park Cemetery">Inglewood Park Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> next to his father. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chet Baker's personal life was tumultuous, partly owing to a decades-long drug addiction which began in the 1950s and a nomadic lifestyle caused by touring. In 1980, he referred to his life as "1/3 in a car, 1/3 sleeping, and 1/3 playing music."<sup id="cite_ref-interview1980_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview1980-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His first short-lived marriage was to Charlaine Souder in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 43–44">: 43–44 </span></sup> In 1954, despite remaining married to Charlaine, he publicly dated French jazz club-goer Lili Cukier (later known as actress <a href="/wiki/Liliane_Rov%C3%A8re" title="Liliane Rovère">Liliane Rovère</a>) for 2 years, introducing her to others as his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 102">: 102 </span></sup> A photo of the couple taken by <a href="/wiki/William_Claxton_(photographer)" title="William Claxton (photographer)">William Claxton</a> appears as part of a collage on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Sings_and_Plays" title="Chet Baker Sings and Plays">Chet Baker Sings and Plays</a></i>. </p><p>Baker's relationship with Lili ended when he informed her of his new marriage to Halema Alli.<sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 128">: 128 </span></sup> He married the 20-year-old Halema, 7 years his junior, in May 1956, one month after they met.<sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 132">: 132 </span></sup> The couple posed for a photograph by William Claxton, where Halema appears in a white dress and rests her head on Baker's knee. They had a son, Chesney Aftab Baker, to whom Baker dedicated his composition, "<a href="/wiki/Chetty%27s_Lullaby" title="Chetty's Lullaby">Chetty's Lullaby</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-voce_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voce-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baker was an irresponsible and distant father.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a scandal heavily scrutinized by Italian <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_journalism" title="Tabloid journalism">tabloids</a>, Halema was sent to prison for smuggling <a href="/wiki/Jetrium" class="mw-redirect" title="Jetrium">jetrium</a> from Germany to Italy for her husband, though she claimed that she was unaware that she was breaking the law. To his wife's humiliation, by the time of the trial, Baker had already started publicly dating Carol Jackson, a showgirl from <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>. After being detained for six months,<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 86">: 86 </span></sup> Halema returned to <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, and their marriage essentially ended, though they remained legally married for several years because tracking down Baker for divorce proceedings was too difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 169–171; 178">: 169–171; 178 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1962, Carol Jackson gave birth to a son, Dean. Two years later in 1964, Baker returned to the United States, and Halema was able to serve Baker divorce papers.<sup id="cite_ref-deepinadream_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepinadream-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 206">: 206 </span></sup> Baker married Carol Jackson in 1964, and they had two more children, Paul in 1965 and Melissa ("Missy") in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: x">: x </span></sup> Despite his inconsistency in remaining in his family's life, and his infidelity, Carol and Chet never divorced.<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970, Baker met jazz drummer Diane Vavra. The two started an on-again off-again relationship that lasted until the end of his life. Beginning in the 1980s, she acted as his steady companion while touring Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 117">: 117 </span></sup> She took care of his personal needs and assisted him with his career.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> holds the correspondence of Chet and Diane.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chet dedicated his 1985 album <i><a href="/wiki/Diane_(album)" title="Diane (album)">Diane</a></i> to Vavra, covering the familiar <a href="/wiki/Jazz_standard" title="Jazz standard">jazz standard</a> "<a href="/wiki/Diane_(Erno_Rapee_and_Lew_Pollack_song)" title="Diane (Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack song)">Diane</a>." For a time, Vavra took refuge at a <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_shelter" title="Women's shelter">women's shelter</a> due to Baker's behavior.<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, Baker began a relationship with <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Young_(singer)" title="Ruth Young (singer)">Ruth Young</a>, a jazz singer. She accompanied him on his 1975 tour in Europe, and he lived with her while stopping in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 116–117">: 116–117 </span></sup> They dated, with interruptions, for about a decade.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 119">: 119 </span></sup> Together, they recorded two duets, "<a href="/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_(1945_song)" title="Autumn Leaves (1945 song)">Autumn Leaves</a>" and "Whatever Possessed Me," for the 1977 album <i>The Incredible Chet Baker Plays and Sings</i>. </p><p>Owing to his time in Italy, Baker was fluent in Italian.<sup id="cite_ref-interview1980_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview1980-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker enjoyed driving and sports cars.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 132">: 132 </span></sup> In 1971, 1972, and 1975, Baker was arrested for <a href="/wiki/Drunk_driving" title="Drunk driving">drunk driving</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 108">: 108 </span></sup> </p><p>During the late 1960s and 1970s, Baker attempted to begin writing his <a href="/wiki/Memoir" title="Memoir">memoirs</a>. According to his wife Carol, he lost the draft while traveling on tour.<sup id="cite_ref-valk_8-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 108">: 108 </span></sup> In 1997, Carol Baker published and wrote an introduction to his "lost memoirs," taped around 1978, under the title <i>As Though I Had Wings</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruhlmann_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruhlmann-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> What writing exists is scant and idiosyncratic, and focuses mainly on his time in the army and his drug use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compositions">Compositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Compositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of Baker's notable compositions include "<a href="/wiki/Chetty%27s_Lullaby" title="Chetty's Lullaby">Chetty's Lullaby</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Freeway_(song)" title="Freeway (song)">Freeway</a>", "Early Morning Mood", "Two a Day", "<i><a href="/wiki/So_che_ti_perder%C3%B2" title="So che ti perderò">So che ti perderò</a></i>" ("I Know I Will Lose You"), "<i><a href="/wiki/Il_mio_domani" title="Il mio domani">Il mio domani</a></i>" ("My Tomorrow"), "<i><a href="/wiki/Motivo_su_raggio_di_luna" title="Motivo su raggio di luna">Motivo su raggio di luna</a></i>" ("Contemplate on a Moonbeam"), "The Route", "Skidaddlin'", "New Morning Blues" (with <a href="/wiki/Duke_Jordan" title="Duke Jordan">Duke Jordan</a>), "Blue Gilles", "Dessert", "Anticipated Blues", "Blues for a Reason",<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We Know It's Love", and "Looking Good Tonight". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:20%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Angel, devil or both, Chet Baker is the stuff of jazz legend. By his mid-20s, the Oklahoma country boy was famous, leaping to stardom in 1953 with saxophonist Gerry Mulligan’s trend-setting West Coast quartet and winning polls on trumpet. His reputation was no mere publicity bubble. After playing with Baker in his pre-Mulligan days, bebop pioneer Charlie Parker told his trumpet protégé Miles Davis, ‘There’s a little white cat out on the coast who’s going to eat you up.’ </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Geoffrey Smith of <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Music" title="BBC Music">BBC Music</a></i> (March 19, 2024) <sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>Baker was photographed by <a href="/wiki/William_Claxton_(photographer)" title="William Claxton (photographer)">William Claxton</a> for his book <i>Young Chet: The Young Chet Baker</i>. An Academy Award-nominated 1988 documentary about Baker, <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Lost_(1988_film)" title="Let's Get Lost (1988 film)">Let's Get Lost</a></i>, portrays him as a cultural icon of the 1950s while juxtaposing this with his later image as a drug addict. The film, directed by fashion photographer <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Weber_(photographer)" title="Bruce Weber (photographer)">Bruce Weber</a>, was shot in black-and-white, and includes a series of interviews with friends, family (including his three children by third wife Carol Baker), musical associates, and female friends, interspersed with footage from Baker's earlier life, and interviews with Baker in his last years. In <i>Chet Baker, His Life and Music</i>, author Jeroen de Valk and others criticize the film for presenting Baker as a "washed-up" musician in his later years. The film was shot during the first half of 1987, the year before Baker's death, ending in Cannes in May 1987, just prior to Baker's June 14, 1987, Tokyo concert, released on <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_in_Tokyo" title="Chet Baker in Tokyo">Chet Baker in Tokyo</a></i>. It premiered four months after Baker's death.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><i>Time after Time: The Chet Baker Project</i>, written by playwright James O'Reilly, toured Canada in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jeroen de Valk has written a biography of Baker; <i>Chet Baker: His Life and Music</i> is the English translation.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other biographies of him include James Gavin's <i>Deep in a Dream—The Long Night of Chet Baker</i>, and Matthew Ruddick's <i>Funny Valentine</i>. Baker's "lost memoirs" are available in the book <i>As Though I Had Wings</i>, which includes an introduction by Carol Baker.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruhlmann_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruhlmann-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1960 film <i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Fine_Young_Cannibals" title="All the Fine Young Cannibals">All the Fine Young Cannibals</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wagner" title="Robert Wagner">Robert Wagner</a> as a jazz trumpeter named Chad Bixby, was loosely inspired by Baker.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The 1999 film version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley_(film)" title="The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)">The Talented Mr. Ripley</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Damon" title="Matt Damon">Matt Damon</a> plays a master of mimicry who imitates Baker's recording of "My Funny Valentine" from <i>Chet Baker Sings</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Chet Baker is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Hawke" title="Ethan Hawke">Ethan Hawke</a> in the 2015 film <i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Be_Blue_(film)" title="Born to Be Blue (film)">Born to Be Blue</a></i>. It is a reimagining of Baker's career in the late 1960s, when he is famous for both his music and his addiction, and he takes part in a movie about his life to boost his career.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wall_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Wall (actor)">Steve Wall</a> plays Baker in the 2018 film <i><a href="/wiki/My_Foolish_Heart_(2018_film)" title="My Foolish Heart (2018 film)">My Foolish Heart</a></i>. </p><p>American singer/songwriter <a href="/wiki/David_Wilcox_(American_musician)" title="David Wilcox (American musician)">David Wilcox</a> included the tender biographical portrait <i>Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song</i> on his 1991 album <i>Home Again</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vocalist <a href="/wiki/Luciana_Souza" title="Luciana Souza">Luciana Souza</a> recorded <i>The Book of Chet</i> in 2012 as a tribute. Brazilian jazz pianist <a href="/wiki/Eliane_Elias" title="Eliane Elias">Eliane Elias</a> dedicated her 2013 album <i><a href="/wiki/I_Thought_About_You_(Eliane_Elias_album)" title="I Thought About You (Eliane Elias album)">I Thought About You</a></i> to Chet Baker.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australian musician <a href="/wiki/Chet_Faker" title="Chet Faker">Nick Murphy</a> chose "Chet Faker" as his stage name as a tribute to Baker. Murphy said, "I listened to a lot of jazz and I was a big fan of ... the way he sang, when he moved into mainstream singing. He had this really fragile vocal style—this really, broken, close-up, and intimate style. The name is kind of just an ode to Chet Baker and the mood of music he used to play—something I would like to at least pay homage to in my own music."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked Baker at number 116 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame induction, 1987</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a></i> magazine Jazz Hall of Fame, 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Jazz_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame">Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame</a>, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Hall of Fame Award">Grammy Hall of Fame Award</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Sings" title="Chet Baker Sings">Chet Baker Sings</a></i> (1956), inducted 2001<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Chet Baker Day proclaimed by Oklahoma Governor <a href="/wiki/Brad_Henry" title="Brad Henry">Brad Henry</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives" title="Oklahoma House of Representatives">Oklahoma House of Representatives</a>, 2005</li> <li>Chet Baker Jazz Festival in his honor in Yale, Oklahoma, October 10, 2015</li> <li>Forlì Jazz Festival in honor of Chet Baker (30 years after his death), in <a href="/wiki/Forl%C3%AC" title="Forlì">Forlì</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, May 2–19, 2018</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_discography" title="Chet Baker discography">Chet Baker discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chet_Baker&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>(1955) <i><a href="/wiki/Hell%27s_Horizon" title="Hell's Horizon">Hell's Horizon</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gries" title="Tom Gries">Tom Gries</a>: actor</li> <li>(1959) <i><a href="/wiki/Audace_colpo_dei_soliti_ignoti" title="Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti">Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Nanni_Loy" title="Nanni Loy">Nanni Loy</a>: music</li> <li>(1960) <i><a href="/wiki/Howlers_in_the_Dock" title="Howlers in the Dock">Howlers in the Dock</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Lucio_Fulci" title="Lucio Fulci">Lucio Fulci</a>: actor</li> <li>(1963) <i>Ore rubate</i> ["stolen hours"], by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Petrie" title="Daniel Petrie">Daniel Petrie</a>: music</li> <li>(1963) <i>Tromba Fredda</i>, by Enzo Nasso: actor and music</li> <li>(1963) <i>Le concerto de la peur</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_B%C3%A9naz%C3%A9raf" title="José Bénazéraf">José Bénazéraf</a>: music</li> <li>(1964) <i>L'enfer dans la peau</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_B%C3%A9naz%C3%A9raf" title="José Bénazéraf">José Bénazéraf</a>: music</li> <li>(1964) <i>Nudi per vivere</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Elio_Petri" title="Elio Petri">Elio Petri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giuliano_Montaldo" title="Giuliano Montaldo">Giuliano Montaldo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Giulio_Questi" title="Giulio Questi">Giulio Questi</a>: music</li> <li>(1988) <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Lost_(1988_film)" title="Let's Get Lost (1988 film)">Let's Get Lost</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Weber_(photographer)" title="Bruce Weber (photographer)">Bruce Weber</a>: music</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRuhlmann" class="citation web cs1">Ruhlmann, William. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chet-baker-mn0000094210/biography">"Chet Baker"</a>. <i>AllMusic</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Berkeley Hills Books, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/18-931-6313-X" title="Special:BookSources/18-931-6313-X">18-931-6313-X</a>. Updated and expanded edition: <i>Chet Baker: His Life and Music</i>. Uitgeverij Aspekt, 2017. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789461539786" title="Special:BookSources/9789461539786">9789461539786</a>.</li> <li>Gavin, James. <i>Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker</i>. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.</li> <li>Ruddick, Matthew. <i>Funny Valentine: The Story of Chet Baker</i>. 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_Ann_Arbor" title="Jazz at Ann Arbor">Jazz at Ann Arbor</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trumpet_Artistry_of_Chet_Baker" title="The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker">The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Sings" title="Chet Baker Sings">Chet Baker Sings</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Sings_and_Plays" title="Chet Baker Sings and Plays">Chet Baker Sings and Plays</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_in_Europe" title="Chet Baker in Europe">Chet Baker in Europe</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_%26_Crew" title="Chet Baker & Crew">Chet Baker & Crew</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Big_Band" title="Chet Baker Big Band">Chet Baker Big Band</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Playboys_(Chet_Baker_and_Art_Pepper_album)" title="Playboys (Chet Baker and Art Pepper album)">Playboys</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quartet:_Russ_Freeman/Chet_Baker" title="Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker">Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theme_Music_from_%22The_James_Dean_Story%22" title="Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"">Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"</a></i> (1956 [1957])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Embraceable_You_(album)" title="Embraceable You (album)">Embraceable You</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pretty/Groovy" title="Pretty/Groovy">Pretty/Groovy</a></i> (1953-1957 [1958])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Taste_of_Tequila" title="A Taste of Tequila">A Taste of Tequila</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hats_Off_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Hats Off (Chet Baker album)">Hats Off</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quietly_There" title="Quietly There">Quietly There</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double-Shot" title="Double-Shot">Double-Shot</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Into_My_Life_(album)" title="Into My Life (album)">Into My Life</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Mood_(album)" title="In the Mood (album)">In the Mood</a></i> (1966)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Riverside_Records" title="Riverside Records">Riverside/Jazzland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/(Chet_Baker_Sings)_It_Could_Happen_to_You" title="(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You">(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_in_New_York" title="Chet Baker in New York">Chet Baker in New York</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Introduces_Johnny_Pace" title="Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace">Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Chet (Chet Baker album)">Chet</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Plays_the_Best_of_Lerner_and_Loewe" title="Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe">Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_in_Milan" title="Chet Baker in Milan">Chet Baker in Milan</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_with_Fifty_Italian_Strings" title="Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings">Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings</a></i> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Smokin%27_with_the_Chet_Baker_Quintet" title="Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet">Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Groovin%27_with_the_Chet_Baker_Quintet" title="Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet">Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comin%27_On_with_the_Chet_Baker_Quintet" title="Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet">Comin' On with the Chet Baker Quintet</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boppin%27_with_the_Chet_Baker_Quintet" title="Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet">Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cool_Burnin%27_with_the_Chet_Baker_Quintet" title="Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet">Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Enja_Records" title="Enja Records">Enja</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oh_You_Crazy_Moon_(album)" title="Oh You Crazy Moon (album)">Oh You Crazy Moon</a></i> (1978 [2003])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peace_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Peace (Chet Baker album)">Peace</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strollin%27" title="Strollin'">Strollin'</a></i> (1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other labels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Witch_Doctor_(Chet_Baker_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Witch Doctor (Chet Baker album)">Witch Doctor</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_%26_Strings" title="Chet Baker & Strings">Chet Baker & Strings</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stan_Meets_Chet" title="Stan Meets Chet">Stan Meets Chet</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Is_Back!" title="Chet Is Back!">Chet Is Back!</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Most_Important_Jazz_Album_of_1964/65" title="The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65">The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I/We_Had_a_Ball" title="I/We Had a Ball">I/We Had a Ball</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baker%27s_Holiday" title="Baker's Holiday">Baker's Holiday</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Breeze" title="Baby Breeze">Baby Breeze</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double-Shot" title="Double-Shot">Double-Shot</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Albert%27s_House" title="Albert's House">Albert's House</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blood,_Chet_and_Tears" title="Blood, Chet and Tears">Blood, Chet and Tears</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Concert_(Chet_Baker_and_Lee_Konitz_album)" title="In Concert (Chet Baker and Lee Konitz album)">In Concert</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Lee_Konitz" title="Lee Konitz">Lee Konitz</a>, 1974 [1982])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/She_Was_Too_Good_to_Me" title="She Was Too Good to Me">She Was Too Good to Me</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Summertime_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Once Upon a Summertime (Chet Baker album)">Once Upon a Summertime</a></i> (1977 [1980])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Go_Home_Again_(album)" title="You Can't Go Home Again (album)">You Can't Go Home Again</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Thing_for_You_(album)" title="The Best Thing for You (album)">The Best Thing for You</a></i> (1977 [1989])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Nick%27s" title="Live at Nick's">Live at Nick's</a></i> (1978 [1987])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ballads_for_Two" title="Ballads for Two">Ballads for Two</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Lackerschmid" title="Wolfgang Lackerschmid">Wolfgang Lackerschmid</a>) (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Touch_of_Your_Lips_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="The Touch of Your Lips (Chet Baker album)">The Touch of Your Lips</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Blues_(Rachel_Gould_and_Chet_Baker_album)" title="All Blues (Rachel Gould and Chet Baker album)">All Blues</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Gould" title="Rachel Gould">Rachel Gould</a>) (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_/_Wolfgang_Lackerschmid" title="Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid">Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Lackerschmid" title="Wolfgang Lackerschmid">Wolfgang Lackerschmid</a>) (1979 [1980])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daybreak_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Daybreak (Chet Baker album)">Daybreak</a></i> (1979 [1980])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rendez-Vous_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Rendez-Vous (Chet Baker album)">Rendez-Vous</a></i> (1979 [1980])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Problem_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="No Problem (Chet Baker album)">No Problem</a></i> (1979 [1980])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Always" title="This Is Always">This Is Always</a></i> (1979 [1982])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Someday_My_Prince_Will_Come_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Someday My Prince Will Come (Chet Baker album)">Someday My Prince Will Come</a></i> (1979 [1983])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Trieste" title="Studio Trieste">Studio Trieste</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_Nowhere_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Out of Nowhere (Chet Baker album)">Out of Nowhere</a></i> (1982 [1991])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Bells" title="Crystal Bells">Crystal Bells</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Line_for_Lyons" title="Line for Lyons">Line for Lyons</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a>) (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everything_Happens_to_Me_(Kirk_Lightsey_and_Chet_Baker_album)" title="Everything Happens to Me (Kirk Lightsey and Chet Baker album)">Everything Happens to Me</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Lightsey" title="Kirk Lightsey">Kirk Lightsey</a>) (1983 [1984])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_Capolinea" title="At Capolinea">At Capolinea</a></i> (1983 [1984])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._B_(album)" title="Mr. B (album)">Mr. B</a></i> (1983 [1984])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Improviser" title="The Improviser">The Improviser</a></i> (1983 [1984])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diane_(album)" title="Diane (album)">Diane</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet%27s_Choice" title="Chet's Choice">Chet's Choice</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Candy_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="Candy (Chet Baker album)">Candy</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_for_a_Reason" title="Blues for a Reason">Blues for a Reason</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Plays_Vladimir_Cosma" title="Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma">Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rique_Pantoja_%26_Chet_Baker" title="Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker">Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker</a></i> (1985 [1987])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/There%27ll_Never_Be_Another_You_(album)" title="There'll Never Be Another You (album)">There'll Never Be Another You</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Philip_Catherine" title="Philip Catherine">Philip Catherine</a>) (1985 [1997])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_Sings_Again" title="Chet Baker Sings Again">Chet Baker Sings Again</a></i> (1985 [1986])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_Time_Goes_By_(Chet_Baker_album)" title="As Time Goes By (Chet Baker album)">As Time Goes By</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Sunny_Gets_Blue_(album)" title="When Sunny Gets Blue (album)">When Sunny Gets Blue</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cool_Cat_(album)" title="Cool Cat (album)">Cool Cat</a></i> (1986 [1989])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_in_Tokyo" title="Chet Baker in Tokyo">Chet Baker in Tokyo</a></i> (1987)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As sideman</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Reunion_with_Chet_Baker" title="Reunion with Chet Baker">Reunion with Chet Baker</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Sign_of_the_Times_(Joe_Pass_album)" title="A Sign of the Times (Joe Pass album)">A Sign of the Times</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pass" title="Joe Pass">Joe Pass</a>, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall_Concert_(Gerry_Mulligan_and_Chet_Baker_album)" title="Carnegie Hall Concert (Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker album)">Carnegie Hall Concert</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a>, 1974 [1975])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silence_(Charlie_Haden_album)" title="Silence (Charlie Haden album)">Silence</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Haden" title="Charlie Haden">Charlie Haden</a>, 1987)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compositions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Freeway_(song)" title="Freeway (song)">Freeway</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chetty%27s_Lullaby" title="Chetty's Lullaby">Chetty's Lullaby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Motivo_su_raggio_di_luna" title="Motivo su raggio di luna">Motivo su raggio di luna</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_che_ti_perder%C3%B2" title="So che ti perderò">So che ti perderò</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Il_mio_domani" title="Il mio domani">Il mio domani</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As actor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hell%27s_Horizon" title="Hell's Horizon">Hell's Horizon</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Howlers_in_the_Dock" title="Howlers in the Dock">Howlers in the Dock</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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