It's painful to watch a group of young smartasses treating Chet that way, cracking obnoxious jokes at his expense... like he was some washed up old musician. Chet lived a hard life, but his playing was absolutely stunning all the way to the end. And he was a deep guy. He didn't deserve to be treated that way, like a sideshow freak.
These are just kids being kids. They don’t mean any disrespect. Chet Baker was Hella antisocial and manipulative and deserved everything he got. Whoever knocked his teeth out had a reason reason and Meant to destroy him.
It brings me to tears that Flea spoke to Chad and that this testimony exists. R.I.P Chet my favorite jazz musician ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_tmGdBrzQtw.html 🥲
Funny Chet starts singing the melody to Daahoud when Flea asks about Joy Spring, Daahoud is my favorite Clifford Brown composition too! So cool to see those two hang out. The rumor was that Chet was actually Flea's father (illegitimately of course).
I don't believe that to be the case. Flea's step father was a pro jazz trumpet player. I think Flea's connection was more to the filmmaker than to Chet. A young Chris Isaac is also in these scenes.
eh, Flea was just a young dude at the time, all that innocent curiosity, and yes he's a spazz. He's a pretty giving person now. Very open-minded and humble.
Isn't it magnificent? They start talking that mindless crap, Mr Chet Baker just enduring it, and first chance he gets he would do that beautiful scat phrase, and Young Un can actually join in? A nice moment there.
well, one of the guys in the crowd is Flea of later red hot chili peppers fame who was a trumpet prodigy himself. and he's the one heard finishing the scat phrase... they were all a little drunk, but of course you're right: chet was a perfect gentleman here.
If these were black kids interviewing him, I think they would have been so much more respectable and there would have been a huge moment of silence when talking about the death of Lee Morgan.
Chet's lady looks hip. Putting up with Flea. You know Flea at the end when he bows his head for a second, realizes he's just made jazz history of a sort. Chet was digging all the attention too. Great post.
I looked stuff up on Wikipedia. This might be a clip from a documentary made of Chet Baker released in 1988. Flea was 26 in '88. If this was filmed in '88, it was the last year of Chet's life. He doesn't look like a guy on his last legs. Thanks for posting this. It's pretty cool. Ol' Flea living up to his name, sucking the lifeblood out of a person.
Shooters141 I agree he doesn't look like a person on his last legs. I think his death was an accident. just high and fell out a window. as for flea being a parasite (so to speak) I don't see it. flea is a trumpet player, I think he was super happy to hang with chet and find a connection. I don't see how he was using him.
Musically speaking, Chet Baker is an absolute iconic figure whose work will be examined for generations to come. This guy that calls himself Flea is also a musician of some note, I assume? Those two guys are definitely not playing in the same league, I don't care what Flea says or thinks...
