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

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

From bebop to blues, Chet Baker was one of the most diverse, accomplished and undersung heroes of the Jazz Age. Though his personal life may have been of questionable virtue, his trumpet and vocal ...

Ezra Collective trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi is the latest artist to pay homage to jazz legend Chet Baker as part of the forthcoming Chet Baker Re:Imagined tribute album, as his version of “Speak Low” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s some good news for fans of Chet Baker. New music by the late acclaimed jazz trumpeter and singer has just been released, ...

Well known local jazz trumpeter Liam Nadurak will return to the Nexus at First Community for a special performance showcasing the work of Chet Baker on Thursday, Jan. 29.

Jazz, trumpeter Chet Baker was among the most photogenic of jazz musicians. Yet by the time he died in 1988 at age 58, heroin addiction had so transformed his once-boyish appearance that he looked ...

Chet Baker had $1.25 in his pocket when ,he came home from Europe last month. He scuffled around Manhattan for three weeks before he found his first night’s work; he spent the time rounding up haircut ...