Biografía de Chet Baker
Chesney Henry Baker, Jr. (Yale, Estados Unidos, 23 de diciembre de 1929 - † Ámsterdam, Holanda 13 de mayo de 1988), Chet Baker, trompetista y cantante estadounidense de jazz.
Se trata de uno de los músicos de jazz más populares de la historia: imagen, biografía, leyenda y cualidades artísticas conformaron un artista sumamente atractivo para el gran público, desbordando los habituales círculos restringidos del jazz. Su música, exponente del estilo cool (el west coast jazz de los años cincuenta), es sumamente accesible y delicada, y casi siempre está vinculada a la balada intimista, lírica y delicada, tanto en su vertiente instrumental como vocal. La trompeta de Chet Baker suena con una suavidad y tranquilidad similar a la de su voz.
El padre de Baker, Chesney Henry Baker, Sr., era un guitarrista y su madre trabajaba en una perfumería. En 1940 se trasladaron de Yale a Glendale, en California. Siendo niño, Baker cantó en concursos de aficionados y en el coro de la...
Canciones populares
Álbumes
West Coast Live
01 Jan 1997
Chet Baker Sings
30 Nov -0001
Chet Baker With Fifty Italian Strings
01 Jan 1990
Let's Get Lost: The Best Of Chet Baker Sings
01 Jan 1989
My Funny Valentine
26 Aug 2022
You Go To My Head
12 Jan 2024
Chet Baker: Deep Dive!
11 Aug 2022
Chet Baker Sings And Plays (Remastered 2004)
01 Jan 1955
The Trumpet Artistry Of Chet Baker
01 Jan 1955
The Art Of The Ballad
01 Jan 1998
Chet (Mono)
30 Nov -0001
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Baker's Holiday
01 Aug 1965
Picture Of Heath
01 Jan 1998
Diane
08 Mar 2005
Chet Baker Live in London Volume II
10 Aug 2018
Late Night Jazz
14 Dec 2024
Chet (Keepnews Collection)
01 Jan 2007
Young Chet
01 Jan 1996
The Touch Of Your Lips
30 Nov -0001
Chet Baker In Milan
01 Jan 1992
City Nights
19 Dec 2023
The Original Quartet With Chet Baker
01 Jan 1998
Live In Milan
17 Jan 2022
'Round Midnight (Live In Cologne)
09 Jun 2023
Jazz Moods - Cool
30 Nov -0001
Easy Living Series--Essential Jazz Ballads
16 Dec 1998
Baby Breeze (Expanded Edition)
01 Jan 1965
Jazz Masters 32
08 Nov 1994
Jazz 'Round Midnight
01 Jan 1993
Essential Standards (eBooklet)
01 Jan 2009
Stairway To The Stars
07 Jan 2021
Embraceable You
01 Jan 1995
The Best Of Chet Baker Plays
01 Jan 1992
The Very Best
14 Nov 2024
Riverside Profiles: Chet Baker
01 Jan 2006
Love for Sale (Ornithology Remix)
16 Feb 2024
Late Night Jazz (Deluxe Edition)
14 Jan 2022
Oh, You Crazy Moon (Ornithology Remix)
11 Aug 2023
Les plus belles berceuses jazz
09 Oct 2012
The Most Important Jazz Album Of 1964/65
01 Jan 1964
Chet on Poetry
20 Oct 2023
Chet (Complete Take 4)
30 Nov -0001
Cool Jazz For Hot Nights
01 Jan 2000
Triple Best Of
03 Apr 2009
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
14 Dec 2024
No Problem
23 Aug 2010
Chet is Back
15 Apr 2003
But Not For Me (Live)
29 Nov 2024
Essential Standards
01 Jan 2009
Chet In Paris Vol 3
01 Jan 1988
Plays For Lovers
01 Jan 2006
imagine you are in new york at night
13 Dec 2024
a lovely day in paris
03 Dec 2024
Love For Sale
01 Oct 2021
Round Midnight 79 (2024 Remastered Version)
27 Sep 2024
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The Legendary Riverside Albums
22 Nov 2019
The Route
01 Jan 1989
BD Music & Cabu Present Chet Baker
25 Sep 2012
Lost Tapes: Early Chet
29 Jul 2016
The Very Best Of Jazz - Chet Baker
01 Jan 2008
Just Friends
17 Jul 2018
In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album
26 Apr 2024
Too Blue
22 Mar 2024
Feeling Blue
10 Sep 2021
Soul, Jazz & Blues
08 May 2024
My Funny Valentine: The Best Of Chet Baker
23 Apr 2010
Jazz Masters - Chet Baker
08 Nov 1994
Legendary Recordings: Chet Baker
09 Dec 2023
Chet Baker & Crew (Expanded Edition)
01 Jan 2003