Jazz Trumpeter Chet Baker: He dragged his American dream thru the mud

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A Chet Baker documentary. Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker has been dubbed by some as “The James Dean Of Jazz,” because of his good looks or affectionately known as "the great white hope" of jazz, by some black musicians because of his comparison to Miles Davis. But......
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@barflytom3273 7 месяцев назад

I listened to him in Toronto at Bourbon Street jazz club one night, there were six or seven people in the club. different times.

@douglasrobinson8752 3 месяца назад

What year was that?

@barflytom3273 7 месяцев назад

The documentary 'Let's Get Lost" is a must watch.

@nititornp7279 3 месяца назад

i just came from finish that doc. sad but beautiful.

@Jazzmaster58 8 месяцев назад

Hi, I am a Jazz musician and I was a heroin junkie and the comments on the video are very illustrative of the discrimination, bordering racism, that junkies are the victims of because people don't understand that junkies, are mental patients on self medication, which is a consequence of the lack of interest on dealing with mental disorder in general. Poverty plays a big part in this charade.

@cirocasarin 8 месяцев назад

I'm sorry, mate. There's an excess of criticism and a lack of comprehension on social media. From a fellow jazz musician to another, all of my respect.

@adamburgins441 8 месяцев назад

Junkies give and take

@jimrich4192 7 месяцев назад

Junkies are victims of early childhood or some kind of emotional TRAUMA & can be HELPED ...if they want it...most don't.... so be it... go where Chet & Bird went!!!! 😢

@pena.3302 7 месяцев назад

Thank you.

@rollyherrera623 7 месяцев назад

I hope you understand "Was," actually means "I am." Stay sober brother, and don't forget how bad it was, and how easily it could be worse today...

@miedgarful 8 месяцев назад

I spoke to Chet when he played in Vancouver between sets in the early eighties. I liked his music.

@jeromealexandre4162 6 месяцев назад

What was he like ?

@bruinsremco 8 месяцев назад

Instead of James Gavin's book, I'd strongly recommend reading Jeroen de Valk's book about Baker, which gives a far better balanced view of Baker's character. For starters, De Valk is genuinely interested in Baker's music and person, instead of only being morbidly fascinated by his drugs habit. Furthermore, Gavin can't be accused of even having the slightest interest in Baker's music.

@jeffreywegener8841 8 месяцев назад

Thanks . Man was a huge talent & did it tough . Drug problems can destroy people creative people are particularly vulnerable. But the morbid negativity of many narratives contribute to the stigma & consequently less chance of recovery.

@michaelgarza8271 8 месяцев назад

That's rather unfortunate considering that he's one of the greatest artists of the 20th century...

@michaelwilson2340 8 месяцев назад

Well his drug use did overshadow his career. He blew it. Sort of like the Johnny Thunders of jazz.

@Rondo2ooo 8 месяцев назад

@michaelwilson2340 So, what is more important for you? Listen to what he accomplished and played so far, or personal tragedy. The latter is for the yellow press only.

@bruinsremco 8 месяцев назад

@@Rondo2ooo Amen!

@Therecouldbehope 24 дня назад

Chet saved many lives as he was losing his own. He is the equivalent of a Jazz Saint

@markburnham7512 8 месяцев назад

I have known a few true musicians in my life, and my experience has been that they need to be musicians and can't be anything else. They answer a different call and cannot conform to anything resembling the "square life", frequently at their own peril and the heartbreak of those who love them. All we can do is appreciate what their gift has left for us. Baker was such.

@mayazzow2129 7 месяцев назад

No truer or accurate words have been said regarding musicians.

@Alpha-Andromeda Месяц назад

I guess classical musicians are not true musicians then… when are you planning on breaking this news to them … ?!

@daccrowell4776 8 месяцев назад

Daaamn... that's some quality bio right there! You hit the important parts, kept things from going in the ditch when you started into Chet's heroin troubles...great sourcing on the visuals, background music, and importantly... it's obvious you're doing it for the music and not the clout. Best new bio/history I've run across on YT in the past couple of weeks! Ya did Chet proud, too. Props.

@onetrackjazz 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, my friend

@spiceboi3795 8 дней назад

Not to be a hater but majority of this is ripped word for word from the Wikipedia article on Chet. Either this creator is the one that made the article or its just ripped off and put in a text-to-voice generator. I read through it while listening and it is literally the same

@AndyTomaselli 7 месяцев назад

grateful that Elvis Costello wrote Almost Blue for him which is one of my favorites. There is so much pain and anguish and beauty in his instrument and vocals in that one

@garykooienga9990 Месяц назад

Their duet is timeless.

@alexkalish8288 8 месяцев назад

He was a heroin addict for the last 20 years of his life. No one had more soul. One of my favorites ever - This is a wonderful video of his career.

@davidpersad7000 3 месяца назад

Splendid elocution Mr Alexander. Thank you. Peace.

@Dave_Hepler 8 месяцев назад

He made soft singing important- naturally letting his easy horn sound happen. Charlie Parker selected him out of scores of West Coast cats to play w him. Lived much longer than Clifford but maybe not that much longer living life rights- that warm ballad sound!!!!!

@waynshor7073 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic job again!Thank you.Amazing how chet improved his playing through the years.His playing got more and more simple and deep.He matured (musically) very well.I recomend specially his quartet with Duke Jordan on the steeplechase label where his solos are close to perfect!

@ronaldboykin9755 8 месяцев назад

I met Chet Baker back in the mid 70s at Carlos Santana’s rehearsal house in San Francisco. It was obviously there to cop some drugs and it was clear to me he was strung out! He had a beautiful voice and a smooth tough to the trumpet!

@timages 7 месяцев назад

I've only know him from those final tragic years, this bio clip was very informative regarding what a fine musician he was, ( you don't get picked by the great Charlie Parker if you don't have game). It turns out that 1955 was a pivotal year for Chet, had he kept a foot in Hollywood who knows how his life might have turned out. He had the 50s heartthrob looks and that soft vocal style. He could have starred in a series of films, Elvis with a trumpet. It was both shocking and surprising to hear about his relationship with women, ...from the music he made I wasn't expecting that. Sad all around.

@OlafVantVeer-f3d 4 месяца назад

Haha, as if a Hollywood career is the high point of everything. He strived for musical and artistic integrity; much more important.

@socorrocastorena3862 День назад

Didn't he have a child with his girlfriend? Whatever happened to his child? He was an amazing talent and gifted musician. He makes me cry with his singing and playing. I loved Ethen Hawke's portrayal of him in the movie , "Born To Be Blue". It's a must see film. Tortured Sould. RIP Chet Baker ❤❤❤

@msmith53 3 месяца назад

Chet was one of the great and inspirational leaders of West Coast Jazz style. Pepper, Mulligan, Getz, et al. were innovators in the ‘50’s. Cool Talent and skilled player who contributed much to the game. Many cannot understand the frustration of playing at such levels and having to play “background” music to drunks who talk over your best stuff as a way to make a living. Don’t judge from afar if you can’t understand!!

@privatedetective6516 17 дней назад

A guy told me he heard Shorty Rogers perform many times at the Lighthouse, and Shorty DEMANDED silence from the crowd.

@MassiveChetBakerFan 7 месяцев назад

You skipped over 1980-1988, which in my view was the highlight of his career, when he produced his most sublime work. Check out his many recordings in this period of Sad Walk, Estate, Leaving, Night Bird, Round Midnight, Arborway, etc. They are incredible.

@andrewhockenberry6476 8 месяцев назад

left us with so much...

@jimrich4192 7 месяцев назад

...left us with a dire warning = GET HELP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! 😂

@barrypaton9726 7 месяцев назад

My Funny Valentine. I loved his music.

@mongoharry 3 месяца назад

Like Sting said, we're "Fragile".

@mxmllrguitar 8 месяцев назад

Keep uploading these great videos! I would also love longer versions in the future. Could you do a video about the life of Grant Green?

@Da_Publick 8 месяцев назад

The worst thing you can do as a 'customer' is to beat people out of their money.

@djhoneylove5710 8 месяцев назад

This was a good video. Thanks Alexander.

@jimmyguitar2933 7 месяцев назад

I saw Chet Baker at a small jazz club in San Francisco towards the end of his life ('84-ish). He looked like hell, had no teeth, but could still play and (more or less) sing.

@richsackett3423 8 месяцев назад

When I had a recording studio about 15 years ago, one of the pictures on the wall was a framed cutout of You Can't Go Home Again. That picture was a caution that you can be the most talented and successful mf ever yet destroy every last bit of it with drugs until you area literal shadow of your former self.

@adamburgins441 8 месяцев назад

Sad

@jimrich4192 7 месяцев назад

It's not DRUGS that destroy you, it's UNHEALED TRAUMA that destroyed many greats who were unable or unwilling to find some HELP. 😮

@redstar7292 7 месяцев назад

There is no true beauty without decay. Jung had a theory that highly creative people can have a this destructive shadow. Some how he's more memorable for what he was with his chasmic flaws & faults, than simply being the clean cut, angelic trumpeter.

@ISuperTed 5 месяцев назад

It’s strange, but his playing in the last few years, despite all the abuse of his body by the drugs, were IMHO his very best. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve played his Live at Ronnie Scotts recording along with the fantastic big band concerts close to his death. I know many say he copied and was influenced hugely by Miles (who is my all time favourite), but I don’t think that at all. Chet had his own unique way of playing and there still isn’t anyone who could interpret and get such feeling out of standards.

@msmith53 3 месяца назад

Yes!

@DavidAndersoniiVI 6 месяцев назад

Chet had the coolest licks of em all!

@nazbowie9620 8 месяцев назад

Great job man! New subscriber. Looking forward to dipping into the past vids.

@onetrackjazz 8 месяцев назад

thank you my friend, enjoy!

@Packyboy 8 месяцев назад

Nice work. Thank you.

@eximusic 8 месяцев назад

C'mon - Bill Evans, Lennie Tristano, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck long before Chet.

@evanherb5900 8 месяцев назад

Nah.

@marknewton6984 7 месяцев назад

Good list 😎

@jimrich4192 7 месяцев назад

Show me his childhood & relationship with his parents & I can & will say exactly what happened to/for him & WHY. His good/Bad relations with women show me that something was VERY WRONG between him & his mom & perhaps his dad as well. He looks to me like a seriously WOUNDED CHILD & that usually begins at home with TRAUMATIC PARENTING. Shame he never got the kind of help that is available these days for survivors of CHILHOOD POST TRAUMATIC STRESS IMO, his entire life was all about a TRAUMATIZED CHILDHOOD with TRAUMATIZED PARENTS!! 😢😢😢😢

@JulieCarey-y1n 23 дня назад

Absolutely

@rafaelrieck6655 8 месяцев назад

Eine Story toll erzählt. Great musician and great storyteller!

@Sonperson 5 месяцев назад

thank u

@adrianronquillo507 8 месяцев назад

This cat could've been a huge star but he didn't want to play the showbiz game...

@jameshudkins2210 8 месяцев назад

He was too wasted and flaky.

@zivkovicable 8 месяцев назад

He played the game more than some. Posed and styled photo shoots. Recording easy listening pop tunes...He just kept forgetting to turn up because he was an addict. . .

@adrianronquillo507 8 месяцев назад

@@zivkovicable they offered him movie contracts recording contracts...he wasn't that into it ...hence he didn't play the showbiz game

@jamescampoccio1152 8 месяцев назад

He chose the artist's road, not the entertainers. The drug habit didn't make the road any better, or any worse.

@beerybill 7 месяцев назад

I was in Paris late 1963 and learned Baker was playing at a spot I recall as the Fishing Cat. Sorry, but I don't speak French and that may not be exactly the correct name. There were three musicians. Baker playing flugelhorn, trombone, and drummer. After the first tune (Baker sounded great) the drummer split and the following tune was a duo with Baker playing drummer via brushes on a chair during the trombone solo. Soon after the trombone player split followed by Baker and then yours truly.

@christopherbarker181 8 месяцев назад

A crying shame! Sure he accomplished a lot but can you imagine a Chet Baker clean! Clifford Brown as well as many new jazz artists have proven that you don't have to rely on drugs to be great! I can only imagine.😥

@zivkovicable 8 месяцев назад

Heroin never made anyone play better.

@jimrich4192 7 месяцев назад

For me, "clean" means: EMOTIONALLY HEALED or perhaps TRAUMA FREE. That often requires HELP! AA helped me! 😮

@christopherbarker181 7 месяцев назад

@@jimrich4192 I don’t dismiss the demons he had I just wonder why. He was in the Army and played with the Army band and appeared to have a good upbringing. I am a trumpet player myself and admire the talent he had. It’s the same question I ask about Joni Mitchell….she had a voice from God and couldn’t put down those blasted cigarettes. Bix Beiderbecke was the same way…dead at 28 from alcohol. Look what Art Blakey used to do; he supported his players habits then spent their money on his habit; I’m surprised anyone wanted to work with him. Thanks for the comment!

@zivkovicable 7 месяцев назад

@@jimrich4192 Yes it's almost impossible without some kind of support. AA helped me quit. One to one psychotherapy helped with the past trauma i had buried. I can now cope, but I would not describe myself fully emotionally healed, and that's perhaps too high an expectation. But at least now the good days considerably outweigh the bad. & that thought pulls me through crisis. .

@ninakim7282 6 месяцев назад

GREAT!

@kimgill2021 8 месяцев назад

good work keep it up !

@wraithstrongopark 8 месяцев назад

"every girl's crazy bout a sharp dressed man!"

@FPoP1911 7 месяцев назад

Ok I clicked on this and as a jazz and chet fan that got me here, that voice and narration got me subbed in like... the first 10 seconds.

@webstercat 8 месяцев назад

Heroine addiction never ends well.. I find him brilliant and disgusting at same time. His music brings despair when hear it so I avoid it.

@sublimeister9630 8 месяцев назад

Look at the Rolling Stones… Mick Jagger looks far worse than him. 😂

@IndianOutlaw1870 8 месяцев назад

Baker looked worse at 58 than even Jagger did.

@volpeverde6441 8 месяцев назад

probably owed money.... he was PUSHED....

@nielskjr5432 8 месяцев назад

A few months before his death he was recording with the German Radio Bigband. They couldn't understand why Chet Baker didn't turn up for the sessions. Well, it turned out the doorman wouldn't let him in. He looked really bad, like a homeless person.

@walterhayley7252 8 месяцев назад

Lots of rumors and theories have Baker being thrown from his window by unpaid drug dealers. Either way, a very sad ending...

@bobbibaker4685 7 месяцев назад

Elliott Smith's voice has been compared Baker's.

@jimrich4192 7 месяцев назад

Brakers message for me: "Do not live an entire life & then die with UNHEALED TRAUMA...FIND HELP... IT'S AVAILABLE! " ❤

@alexcarter8807 8 месяцев назад

All Chet had to do was emulate his friend Dizzy Gillispie, who was a good money manager, took pride in being dependable, and was a hell of a trumpet player too. Dizzy could play high, but he'd be in tune up there, take note some of you whistling tea kettles. Chet could have done very, very well for himself.

@jimrich4192 7 месяцев назад

All Chet had to do was GO FOR HELP! ....like some other DAMAGED ppl did! 😮

@rogersabbath44 2 месяца назад

Can you please 🙏 do a video on Gerry Mulligan

@onetrackjazz 2 месяца назад

coming soon my friend, thanks for the suggestion!

@spiceboi3795 8 дней назад

This is word for word taken from the Wikipedia article on Chet

@krusher74 8 месяцев назад

Kidz. say no to drugs!

@benlandro6776 7 месяцев назад

who are we to judge?

@focusonu9668 4 месяца назад

,💯💯

@steveconn 7 месяцев назад

Such a sad narcissistic guy (Deep In A Dream such a depressing book) but beautiful talent ❤

@sunscxpe. 2 месяца назад

Does anyone know if this is ai scripted ?

@onetrackjazz 2 месяца назад

none of my scripts are AI

@michaelwilson2340 8 месяцев назад

Deep In A Dream is one of my favorite music biographies. A cautionary tale about the junkie lifestyle. I love his 50's and early 60's albums but the guy was a terrible human being. Especially the story of Baker abandoning his dog while on tour.

@temporoboto 7 месяцев назад

💙

@jj.d День назад

Why is there some smooth nonsense playing in the background? This doesn't capture Chet's life at all. I appreciate the effort.

@clouddog2393 3 месяца назад

A God given talent wasted by drug and drink abuse . The same old story once again . A great trumpet player and a good singer it's sad he could,nt fight or control he's addictions .

@rvbsoundfactory 7 месяцев назад

Oh boy.

@johnledford694 4 месяца назад

Pretty as James Dean, one of the very hottest jammers on the axe, a seductive and soothing voice, but long before those days he started messing with dope, with women. Whom he seemed to always mistreated women and was eternally unfaithful. Died at 58 on the street in Amsterdam fallen out of a window and crushed on the sidewalk. High or just careless? Pissed away all that talent and good looks, end the end looked like an old emaciated junkie. Where didja go, Chet? And why?

@ganglestank 8 месяцев назад

His death was never deemed an accident. The cause was speculated to be either a fall, a suicide attempt or a murder attempt. I should know, i’m related to him

@volpeverde6441 8 месяцев назад

CHET was never gonna make the system BIG MONEY....he just kept ticking over to pay for his jones....in the end he was PUSHED....owed dealers/record company, etc....probably....

@ganglestank 8 месяцев назад

@@volpeverde6441 no it was miles davis who hired that group of people who knocked his teeth out, according to chet. That narrative is bullshit, it wasn’t dealers or record companies. He was the first person to ever learn how to play with dentures. That beating was supposed to cripple him as a musician and he didn’t let it, so they took the one think he surely couldn’t play without: his life

@barflytom3273 7 месяцев назад

ganglestant. he wasn't cleaning the windows that's for sure.

@ganglestank 7 месяцев назад

@@barflytom3273 he would play his trumpet while sitting in the window, which he was known for. He had his trumpet clutched in his arms when he was found dead

@barflytom3273 7 месяцев назад

@@ganglestankalright. thank you for the information. appreciate it.

@mayazzow2129 7 месяцев назад

Tragic, albeit common story of a fantastic talent that dives into the deep of heroin.

@georgemilanez8033 7 месяцев назад

Excellent, from a closet clarinetist.

@rollyherrera623 7 месяцев назад

A sad cliche'....When it's good; stay there....

@JamesW225 8 месяцев назад

A great among giants

@Mike49if 8 месяцев назад

Played trumpet on and off my whole life. Love Chet's playing, truly an amazing sound and style. Don't like the singing, agree with Russ Freeman that it was a money-making gimmick. Even with the drugs he is one of the greatest. Chet, Miles and Clifford.

@ultrasignificantfootnote3378 8 месяцев назад

I think he decided to release himself out of the window , similar to the photographs.

@seattlebeard 7 месяцев назад

I remember the disgraceful hipsters who appeared in the film Let's Get Lost showed him several photos of nude models and asked him if he'd had sex with them. He was embarrassed, but too polite and strung out to tell them to go to hell. It was disgusting exploitation. I got the impression he was only doing the film so he could score more drugs. At least on one can cheapen his music.

@chrisbrimhall1613 8 месяцев назад

His later years he looked like Charles Manson

@psjasker 7 месяцев назад

Not an indictment of the American Dream! Did he not have access to a church, a temple or an ashram? Not every man can handle freedom.

@tomcoryell 8 месяцев назад

What? His dad had to get a job? What a travesty! Baker sure screwed Art Pepper over….

@marknewton6984 7 месяцев назад

Art Pepper:. Greatest ever 😎!

@JulieCarey-y1n 23 дня назад

…he sounded and played better with age…come fair weather 🌹🐝🌈

@TomRivieremusic 7 месяцев назад

Ruined his life over drugs.What a waste.

@sublimeister9630 8 месяцев назад

Kanye West would think otherwise about his mysterious death. 4-13-88… that’s quite esoteric number. The devil is always in the fine print of Fame & Wealth, from “generation to generation.” Good thing, he didn’t have children… 👍😎

@onetrackjazz 8 месяцев назад

actually he did have children, but he also had a lot of different women in his life, that's a whole different video for the future