Chet Baker The Final Days 

Ofcourse it’s like a drug greetings from Holland

Me too, I need to hear him to fall asleep every night.

Chetty's Lullaby, eh?

You should have married her!

And you married the one who was into Justin Bieber...Init?

We agree with you, Doug Skinner.

Maybe to young but he made it pretty far with his lifestyle.

@Simon McCreath I agree with you 100%! It simply was NOT like Chet to jump. I think he got a bit high after work, was sitting in the window to cool off, maybe had some drugs, it is said he had relapsed and was using heroin again, so maybe he used, or somehow, lost his balance and fell. A fall on cement from two or three stories probably caused sufficient head trauma and at that time of the morning, no on was around to save him and he died. Sad, yes. But suicide? Very doubtful. Autopsy did show some drugs in his system, but none in a lethal amount.

Well Stated.

@@shawnbruce6934 Thanks! This session in Milan is one of my favorites, the orchestra just intensifies Chet's sensual sound!

Yes, he most likely fell. He may have blacked out or fallen asleep on the window ledge.

Absolutely agree!

Глубокая благодарность авторам этого фильма о Любимом, Чете Бейкере , .... Его незабываемых небесных импровизациях, ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ !!!!

Yes, Chet was known for his "West Coast Jazz" style and blues, which he could both play and sing with his very sensual and touching style. Sad to lose him too soon.

Yes, "West-Coast Jazz" style belonged to Chet, all over the world! He was inimitable!

@wildcardartist did you meet him?

Reading your comment while sad walk was playing...made me completely understand how you must feel. I miss him too and I'm only 24 haha. It's amazing that he was your mentor! Musta been a real treat!

I do get it but it's a shame you gave up playing. I hope one day youll pick it up again. Music is lifes soul. Through his dark days and addiction it seems like he never lost it and if anything fought to keep it. (teaching himself to play with flase teeth even) of course I didn't know him but I can take a wild guess and imagine he wouldnt want his death to end the music for anyone, I think he'd want the opposite. :) best wishes.

Why in the world would you quit? You have dishonored your mentor by giving up the love he gave you. If it's not too late, play again.

It's a bit more complicated than you think...I had to walk away from everything that contrbuted to the lifestyle..I also had become a drug and alchohol addict...happily the distance has been working for me for almost 30 years!!!!!!

Forgive me, I didn't know. As a recovered addict myself for the last 15 years, I completely understand. Continue on your path my friend, peace and blessings to you.

+Nolan Shaheed Thanks Nolan. I knew you'd love this video. Ty

Amen

So true! And beautifully said, Jim! I have several favorite trumpet players and love all of them, but Chet had a way of making that horn of his so somber, sensual and soul-grabbing, unlike anyone else I've heard. Especially in his ballads far more than the jazz numbers. Technically, he wasn't the best horn player in the world, I think Al Hirt probably was and there are several others that are up there in status that compare. But Chet had something very special in his sound, it was to-the-bottom-of-your soul-grabbing! Chet made you could feel it probably almost as deep as he did!

Ever heard of Bill Evans?

@@reggaefan2700 Of course! Bill worked with Chet and other artists, was an accomplished pianist and composer, but who also had a problem with heroin and cocaine, which probably exacerbated his health problems and he died early at about age 51. Sometimes, when I hear about these musicians who die young, I ask WHY? But I know. Still, it doesn't make it any easier to accept.

His use of common tones is far more subtle and elegant than your discription.

Knew about scales and intervals though

@@JohnsonSmithson Yes ?

@@justapadawan THAT book is just O K; THEE book about Chet to read is "Chet Baker The Missing Years" by Artt Frank, which is FAR superior to Gavin's book.

@@justapadawan Dude, that Gavin book is just O K; THEE best book to read is "Chet Baker The Missing Years" by Artt Frank

More lies about Chet. He took music classes when he was young, knew some, theory, studied music in college for awhile also. He could read music but chose not to. He played in the U S Army band for like a year. You HAVE to be able to read music in order to be in THAT band.

The club was called “Cats and Fishes”

@@luke125 how do you know

@@shable1436 It’s in the documentary about Chet called “Let’s Get Lost”

Pretty amazing man, Chet was sounding really damn good in 1963

@@justapadawan I bet he was.

Браво Чет!!!!!

His voice never match his trumpet playing.

and speedballs!

Love these few words. They are making me cry from deep in my heart......

The jazz greats felt that you could "hear" better behind junk - that it slowed time down. And the elite formed a gang - no junk, no entry because you are not a SERIOUS player.

No, not everyone can just stop, but there IS HELP out there to get off drugs if they will just ask for it BUT, the person needs to change whatever made them want to use drugs in the first place or they WILL RELAPSE! Addiction is BOTH mental and physical. For example, Chet was clean and off drugs for 7 years. What made him REALLY relapse is only really known to him. Drugs have killed so many people and will kill more. Very sad. Some of it just ignorance about what drugs can do, but TODAY, there is no excuse for not knowing, there's information everywhere about it. Being unhappy in your life, peer pressure, curiosity, many things can begin drug use and it's VERY difficult to end drug use once you are addicted. Don't bow to peer pressure, there is no excuse for curiosity anymore with all the info out there, and if you are unhappy, ask for help, there's lots of it out there and even without money to pay for it, you can get help today. Best is to never start drugs but if you have a legitimate reason like surgery or traumatic injury, pain WILL subside as you heal and you can wean yourself off the drugs as you need them less. There are many surgical procedures to control continuing pain causes today, if needed, and unless someone has cancer and is terminal (going to die), there is usually no reason to continue on drugs today.

Honestly, Chet was just fine when he was getting prescriptions of pharmaceutical heroin and cocaine from Lady Isabella Frankau in the 60s. Most of the problems associated with drug addiction are actually created by prohibition. Just look at addicts on Switzerland's heroin provision program. Most of them live steady normal lives. The UK itself only started getting problems with heroin when doctors stopped prescribing in the late 60s.

+dizzy rider yeah your right "Thought" .......? .he had flown for years

He was two floors up "dizzy." But whatever, it's very, very doubtful he "thought he could fly." Don't light-weight the use of drugs and their consequences, pleeeeez!!!

Exactly what I said, apart from the number of floors.And Idefinately don't make light of it, I just think he sadly 'nodded' off while sitting next to an open window. His drug of choice would not cause the delusion that he could fly, unlike, say, LSD. Such a sad way to go. I play the horn, and lOve Chets work.

You know noughts 'bout drugs, do you?

Actually, he did fly, with his music, around the people souls.

+Charles Elder what a primitive and awful human being this YTuber above, isn't he? hugs

Beautifully put...

I think that's not right. If you take a look at 3:50min you can see that there's no balcony at all. Just the windows and the walls of the hotel. He couldn't have climbed that sober, imagine intoxicated.But you never know.

Not a bad way to go!

I could believe that. In his biography Deep in a Dream by James Gavin (highly recommend if you have a morbid sense of curiosity about Chet, as I do) it describes when he was desperate for money after his fame in America began to wane and learned how to scale walls and break into homes through the windows. Also, I don’t think Chet would have willing killed himself - he was a coward. He was too scared. His choice to continually use hard drugs despite the trail of destruction it caused throughout his whole life points to an incredibly sad, scared man who couldn’t face life of death. Such a tragic figure in jazz, but I find his music touches a place so deep in the heart. A true martyr of post-war America, also an over praised, spoiled narcissist.

don't judge him .There is no point calling him a coward. Is not nice and is disrespectful.You can't know what is happening to anyone's soul.

@@thebolter123 all drug addicts are narcissists genius

Buprenorphine

Never was on h, but here oxy epidemic and everyone is on subs

Is that the Fisherman Club of the early 50s Film: DOA?

+elleboucher What if someone is addicted to judging people?

Levi Paladin I think we judge people through ignorance and sometimes to make ourselves feel better than others. Addiction is a cruel disease...robbed me and my family of so much.

+elleboucher "We judge people through ignorance and sometimes to make ourselves feel better than others?" Is that the royal "we?"

We as inclusive...as in you, collectively. You can be a wee royal if you like.

elleboucher So you're saying that, alongside yourself, other people judge out of ignorance and a desire to feel as if they are better than others?

Great artists who were junkies, including Bird and Rollins, unanously say that being high on heroin has NOTHING to do with creativity.

+cactaceous Yes indeed but YT comments don't usually constitute the bedrock of sound judgement.

That Red Mitchell introduction to My Romance was too sublime and lovely for words---- The blending of Gets and Chet in concert is simply perfection . .as if one soul playing the piece..

Alan Eichler its very sad to see him go away since he has a good voice for a vocalist and a good trumpet player.

Alan Eichler I can’t accept the theory that a drug dealer pushed Chet out a window that caused his death. Too many have looked down on him with disrespect because of his drug addiction. I dislike drug addicts. But I try to put his addiction aside. Because Chet Baker was a great musician with great talent. A true musical genius. His music touches my soul.

@@beverlymcnamara9483 your very shallow then aren't you. So you think as long as you a musician with talent it's OK to take drugs but not for a bin man or a plumber

Arguably (correct spelling). No-one will bother arguing. It's not worth the trouble. Great work (for a Whitey).

Heroin does that.

I only saw him one time and my experience is quoted in the new Jeroen De Valk biography of him in a paragraph on page 126. I bought the book and had no idea I am quoted in it.

Maradona to football like Chet Baker to Jazz, genius but weak at the same time.Mabe that is what is needed to be a genius, who knows

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