Music1952–1988
Chet Baker
Yale, Oklahoma trumpeter and vocalist whose breathy, melancholy style made him the embodiment of West Coast cool jazz — his tragic life story rivals any in music history.
Origin
Yale, Oklahoma
Genre
Jazz
The Cultural Record
Discography
Cool Cat1989
The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/651964
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Chet Baker live in Rosenheim1989
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The Best Thing for You1989
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Portrait2002
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Often Compared To
Dave Brubeck
#2Jazz — Concord, California · 1951–2012
Concord, California pianist who brought jazz to college campuses and introduced unusual time signatures to mainstream jazz with Take Five — the best-selling jazz single ever.
Dizzy Gillespie
#3Jazz — Cheraw, South Carolina · 1939–1993
Cheraw, South Carolina trumpeter and bebop co-founder whose bent horn and puffed cheeks became jazz iconography — his Latin jazz fusion work was equally influential.