Trumpet Player Chet Baker

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Trumpet horn sound. Chesney henry baker jr. Chet baker a list of the most famous trumpet players would certainly be incomplete without chet baker. However he became successful in his career as a result of joining the famous gerry mulligan quartet.

Artist biography by william ruhlmann. Chet baker was a primary exponent of the west coast school of cool jazz in the early and mid 50s. He polished his talent as he developed managing to join the army band for a few years before he moved on to pursue his career more seriously with the gerry mulligan quartet.

But his career was marred by drug addiction. Jack sheldonnovember 30 1931 and chet bakerdecember 23 1929 may 13 1988two trumpetervocalists with a great deal in common. He had been known to use the martin committee the conn constellation and the selmer bach.

They spent their years of jazz apprenticeship the early 1950s on the west coast largely in los angeles. December 23 1929 may 13 1988 was an american jazz trumpeter and vocalist. As a trumpeter he had a generally restrained intimate playing style and he attracted attention beyond jazz for his photogenic looks and singing.

Amazing jazz song almost blue by chet baker composed by costello lyrics. Jazz great chet baker did not seem to have a preference when it came to the type of trumpet he played. He was 59 years old.

He is known for his major innovations within the cool jazz subgenre leading him to be nicknamed the prince of cool.