@mcflava89 I think most adolescents would agree that it hurts to be alone in your music. You want to share your fascination with great artists and true ingenuity, but all your classmates give back is some talk about how weird, old fashioned or nerdy you are. It doesn't change your mind, it just makes you more isolated and indifferent to other people. Great souls are forever, the rest are recycled.
Anyone can become perfect. Buddha did. Muhammad did. Christ did. Many have, hidden to history, done the same. You may find Buddha sleeping on a park bench, Muhammad pumping gasoline, Christ starving in the backstreet. . . .
Chet was a restless soul much like myself, thank God the bust in the mouth which caused the missing teeth didn't end his career. too bad he succummed to the drug abuse. he never realized how talented he was.
The broken front teeth indicate that this performance was filmed after 1966, when Chet lost a few teeth in a mugging. Wikipedia says that he resumed playing the horn after being fitted for a denture that he does not appear to be wearing in this video.
I am absolutely OBSESSED with Chet Baker! And yeah, in 1966 he went buying drugs on the street and the drug dealer beat him up and left him on the side of the road. If only he was alive today, he could be inspiring young kids all around the world to not be afraid of pursuing their dreams, like he did.
@acejordan1 - actually not, het got them knocked out in a fight, think -66, he couldnt play before he got in dentures, and then made a wonderful comeback with flugelhorn!
You know that story about the candle which is burning from the both sides? I am watching his face, and I thought about that candle,, he burnt it in one flame, somewhere once before.
God! What a combination! Piano, heroin, and a square-jawed crooner singing atop a well-brushed high hat. And that trumpet! It must have been illegal cause it sounded so damn good. Chet didn't give a damn...he cared only about the music. Thank God!
@breakbeatghost they didn't. Chet was one of those greats of Jazz that aged well before his time. Those teeth he is missing were knocked out by drug dealers he owed money too.
lol im 14 and chet baker has to be my favorite musician ever. his music is so simple yet so expressive. even though i dont play trumpet his trumpet style and the style of comping on the piano his music usually has really had an impact on my guitar and sax playing
i was doing work then looked up some music to listen in the background. I ended up sitting back and closing my eyes .. man this music is wonderful. So much feeling.
he lost one tooth when he was kid at play, and a few more and his god given lips when trying to buy drugs after a gig. he was a really tragic figure, he had so much talent but early traumas and possibly a very fragile psyche turned him into a junkie and philanderer, and according to the biography, a pure asshole on many accounts. Still love his music though, its really heart-wrenching.
Wow katdoc does me sense some displaced hate issues there? Perhaps Chet never cared about anything, not even music - but how come he produced some of the most beautiful sounds on earth - if beauty comes from the soul then then. . .
he wasnt missing that one tooth till much later. Chet was a wonderful musician but thrived on manipulating people and so later they took the one thing that meant the most to him, his teeth. It was coming to him and it happened. Chet eventually learned to play again but we don't even care, do we? We still adore and love him and he could never do any wrong, even though he never cared about his kids,never took care of them, never cared about anyone, just himself and the heroine.............
its cool that his missing a teeth. all stars has just the brightest teeth, they could propaly function as a lighthouse or one of those really powerfull lights that puts a beam of light on to the shies
We lost Chet way too early.......I have to wonder in this video if the teeth that Chet's missing are from the heroin, or if he "lost" them because he owed someone money. Which DVD is this from?
Being from rural Oklahoma , I doubt Chet was instructed in proper dental care. Opiates don't make your teeth fall out as well. He is a musical genius and should be remembered that way
kudos AndyN. ~ we're both young but we both listen to music with real emotion and reason. music that has sense. unlike other young people nowadays. they listen to whatever crap they hear in the radio. ~ 5/5 ~ chet baker. *nods* :)
I may be a young guy (19), but I definitely enjoy this type of music. There's real passion in the music, real emotions, real reason. It is not like music nowadays... which have the same message most of the time (money, cars, girls/images). I listen to people like Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong at time, the amazing Duke Ellingtonm, Benny Goodman, and many more... Sorry for my English!
Hey, there's lots and lots of bands and singers today that are doing awesome and soulful and authentic things. you really need to spend some time on youtube and go beyond what you hear on radio or TV.
@Ian3985 I do think that great music never fades away! I am a 23 years old young folk who was born the day right after Chet passed away and I am listening to his songs now! The flame of genuinely good music will keep on shining, for generations and generations after.
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@AndyN You must think you're really deep. Try listening to jazz beyond the biggest players. You're listening to the jazz equivalent of "The Shins" right now. Good, yes, but they barely skim the surface of the genre.
@FleeceLiner I wonder why young people feel the need to tell everybody thei age when they listen to Jazz, Classical or any other type of "old" music... I am young too, and it's great that young people show interest in these types of music, but I don't see what being old or young brings to the music!
@AndyN I'm 23 myself, and I've struggled through my adolescence with people who disliked my music taste, but that's just how it is, you gotta stand for what you stand for. It takes courage to go against the mainstream
@AndyN Chet Baker, The James Dean of Cool Jazz. He kept getting beat up by violent drug dealers, but never lost his talent. Heroin has its ups and downs. Check out "Let's Get Lost" by Bruce Weber: Chet Baker at the end of his life, still had it..
@AndyN yeah i know im only 14 and i like this music more than rap or that stuff
maybe it is cause i am a pretty relaxt guy and live day by day i really like to listen this type of music late in the night when its so silent and peacfull that i can just close my eyse and listen to the Jazz soul
@AndyN Dude, This music is not for young or Old, this music if for people who appreciate the beauty of Jazz....I was 4 yrs old when I heard Miles back in 69, Im 45 now and I'm still listening..God Bless you Young Cat...
According to Wikipedia: In 1966, Baker was severely beaten (allegedly while attempting to buy drugs) after a gig in San Francisco, sustaining severe cuts on the lips and broken front teeth, which ruined his embouchure. Accounts of the incident vary, largely because of Baker's lack of reliable testimony on the matter. It has also been suggested that the story is a fabrication altogether, and that Baker's teeth had just rotted due to heavy substance abuse.
According to wikipedia he was involved in a fight with some drug addicts and lost his teeth, got more and more problems with his embouchure and eventually had to switch to the flugelhorn. Poor ched .
I dont think thas quite correct, this was before the episode where he got his teeth knocked out, He played for 20 years with one front tooth. The drug guys knocked out basically all his teeth and poor chet had to get dentures.
Loren is correct, i was going back to my memories and i got confused on the timeline of events, a very turbulent life for Chet including is tragic end; nobody knows if he has been murdered or he did commit suicide. in any case he was a superior artist
i agree. the whole junky rumor/suspicion seems cliche to tag on a musician. it a shame i dont hear much like this anymore though. music in my opinion that can be really felt.
in my opinion this is one of the most beautiful recordings of his ever. his singing is impeccable. the man was a genius and I'm sick of people dwelling on the fact that he was a junkie. so what? he had to experience what he did to be able to express himself like that. the master of the quiet tones, the master of space, the endless storyteller, the beautiful looser, the last great poet of jazz.
This is why I love You Tube. New generations are exposed to superb musicians who are no longer with us. I am older and am only now able to find these great pieces because of wonderful people out there who posted these great performances. Thank you!
Chet was great- he knew what to do with a song- whether singing or his trumpet he had it all. His phrasing on either was impeccable. We miss him- he was taken too early.
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aktodayable 1 week ago
thanks guidini
franza1174 1 month ago
@mcflava89 I think most adolescents would agree that it hurts to be alone in your music. You want to share your fascination with great artists and true ingenuity, but all your classmates give back is some talk about how weird, old fashioned or nerdy you are. It doesn't change your mind, it just makes you more isolated and indifferent to other people. Great souls are forever, the rest are recycled.
xafion 1 month ago 8
Anyone can become perfect. Buddha did. Muhammad did. Christ did. Many have, hidden to history, done the same. You may find Buddha sleeping on a park bench, Muhammad pumping gasoline, Christ starving in the backstreet. . . .
duqmiguel 1 month ago 5
@duqmiguel i did
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cool......................!!
BUSHUMAN1 1 month ago
He made his voice & trumpet an indistinguishable instrument. And, yes, he is missing a front tooth. That is so Chet.
Medusarants 2 months ago
he made the trumpet a voice, no need for words
orsetto81utube 2 months ago
The best trumpest ever! but even better, are the few songs he sings in
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leunamlv 2 months ago
Chet was a restless soul much like myself, thank God the bust in the mouth which caused the missing teeth didn't end his career. too bad he succummed to the drug abuse. he never realized how talented he was.
jazman63 2 months ago
Gorgeous! Chet is always...!
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1wvserenity 3 months ago
My life is richer because of you,Chet. Thanks
shmoopseepoo 3 months ago in playlist shmoopseepoo's Favorited Videos
I have this video. It's from Jazz Icons colection
elortibamal 4 months ago
grande emozione!
giusipini 4 months ago
still the sweet spot, what a soul...R.I.P. love is eternal...we were so lucky; we'll always love you
Rosyheart1 5 months ago
Spellbinding.
saintpistolsburg 5 months ago
Chet is the master!! amazing!!
mana1711 5 months ago
it.s too bad dope took over his life!!!
padleynj 6 months ago
@padleynj too bad you're a dope for life.
professortwahn 4 months ago
Awesome! TY g for posting.
paulostroff99 6 months ago in playlist Bill Evans Chet Baker
Whoah..... nice post! beautiful....Thank you.
OscarLimaMike 6 months ago
We love you, Chet.
ForEverGilda 6 months ago 2
@ForEverGilda absolutly....
OscarLimaMike 6 months ago
Read his Bio many years ago. A complicated man with a gift only we could have dreamed of having. A legend in my book.
Profit2Success 7 months ago 2
The broken front teeth indicate that this performance was filmed after 1966, when Chet lost a few teeth in a mugging. Wikipedia says that he resumed playing the horn after being fitted for a denture that he does not appear to be wearing in this video.
patrickbryanthawley 7 months ago
amazing!! chet is the king of cool jazz!!
chetstaley 7 months ago
amazing!! chet is the king of coll jazz!!!
chetstaley 7 months ago
I used to put my baby boy to sleep with this every night. Now if i play it during the day it'll calm him down :)
mikeo143 8 months ago 7
I still miss him!
peerschmidtke 8 months ago
ohmygod
francescomaiorca 9 months ago 2
superbe....
Jeffrey751847 9 months ago
4 people lost their head during the enchanting trumpet solo...
FreakyBo0o 11 months ago 3
4 people are tone-deaf.
bitingontinfoil 11 months ago
I am absolutely OBSESSED with Chet Baker! And yeah, in 1966 he went buying drugs on the street and the drug dealer beat him up and left him on the side of the road. If only he was alive today, he could be inspiring young kids all around the world to not be afraid of pursuing their dreams, like he did.
GatorNation71 11 months ago
damn them drugs f&#@d his teeth up
acejordan1 1 year ago
@acejordan1 - actually not, het got them knocked out in a fight, think -66, he couldnt play before he got in dentures, and then made a wonderful comeback with flugelhorn!
MrKeys57 11 months ago
He had everything. He would be 82 now. The drugs did the poor guy in. It must be very hard to resist them once hooked.
Q32Radar 1 year ago
great video but did anybody notice the flute guy looking like he might get to play but never does because Chet keeps on playing
rclement73 1 year ago
Timeless. Forever a classic...
magicpie77 1 year ago
You know that story about the candle which is burning from the both sides? I am watching his face, and I thought about that candle,, he burnt it in one flame, somewhere once before.
321Petar 1 year ago
I'm sure - God favorites music is Jazz!
elevenstar 1 year ago
Beautiful version of this timeless gem. Thank you for posting! :-)
mrshiggs1 1 year ago
God! What a combination! Piano, heroin, and a square-jawed crooner singing atop a well-brushed high hat. And that trumpet! It must have been illegal cause it sounded so damn good. Chet didn't give a damn...he cared only about the music. Thank God!
kir3txsbcglobalnet 1 year ago
why did they use a much older video recording for a young chets audio :o
breakbeatghost 1 year ago
@breakbeatghost they didn't. Chet was one of those greats of Jazz that aged well before his time. Those teeth he is missing were knocked out by drug dealers he owed money too.
Nabis0100 1 year ago
As of right now there are, apparently, 4 people that have no emotions.
blocksize 1 year ago 2
Es klingt wie Samt und Seide, wunderbar!
dearmalika 1 year ago
homie must be sponsored by the GAP
wilbonucci 1 year ago
wonderful singer could listen to him for hours so jazzy
1960mod 1 year ago
The Flugel playing on this is just TOO MUCH!!! Brilliant phrasing ,LOVE THIS.
57dogsbody 1 year ago
can you really listen to this,,,
and not be touched and moved by something that is undescribable??
I think not
Chet
we really miss you
XXxxXX
camsamdan 1 year ago 2
@camsamdan
I also thinki the same way
ritaandradesimoes 1 year ago
Oh My God...so sweet...so lovely....
I love Chet forever...
MusicTheEarth 1 year ago
Chet Baker soundtrack of my life
kittyjonn 1 year ago
Lindo, linda voz, uma preciosidade...Ainda vive pela beleza e o talento que o acompanhou numa pequena parte da sua trágica vida. Excelente!
nancyassis 1 year ago
lovin the missin teeth. great story behind that. im 15 and i adore Chet Baker. he was and always will be my all time favourite jazz musician.
BRNRPM 1 year ago
INCREIBLEMENTE HERMOSO...
andresemino 1 year ago
he has a missing teeeth ?
romeoracz 1 year ago
@romeoracz
somebody knocked his teeth out, he had to learn to learn trumpet all over again
sirkeegancs3 1 year ago
@romeoracz he got beatn after a gig in america,, drug deals.
BRNRPM 1 year ago
⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠ Love it. :)
Willshael 1 year ago
tócame el alma.
eyatkti 1 year ago
lol im 14 and chet baker has to be my favorite musician ever. his music is so simple yet so expressive. even though i dont play trumpet his trumpet style and the style of comping on the piano his music usually has really had an impact on my guitar and sax playing
MrAlfredocolon 1 year ago
GREAT!!! XX
etube159 1 year ago
4 people dont like this video......it's a shame...
im only seventeen and i love this music... it takes me back to the old times... and relaxes me... (sorry for my english.. )
lovie2909 1 year ago
i was doing work then looked up some music to listen in the background. I ended up sitting back and closing my eyes .. man this music is wonderful. So much feeling.
sundaysfail 1 year ago 2
yeah this is good shit..man..quality jazz,,Chet's horn lines are so emotional and his vocal are heartfelt..really dig it
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
he lost one tooth when he was kid at play, and a few more and his god given lips when trying to buy drugs after a gig. he was a really tragic figure, he had so much talent but early traumas and possibly a very fragile psyche turned him into a junkie and philanderer, and according to the biography, a pure asshole on many accounts. Still love his music though, its really heart-wrenching.
slash82 1 year ago
Is it just me, or is the piano out of tune?
philh37 1 year ago
Chet, we still love your music and hope you rest in peace you big musician
Grubi1990 1 year ago 4
I think that tooth was lost in a fair fight. Then it comes out "i fall in love too easily" tune right away. This man is great!
citlaltlamina 1 year ago
Wow katdoc does me sense some displaced hate issues there? Perhaps Chet never cared about anything, not even music - but how come he produced some of the most beautiful sounds on earth - if beauty comes from the soul then then. . .
MrGeoMack 1 year ago
he wasnt missing that one tooth till much later. Chet was a wonderful musician but thrived on manipulating people and so later they took the one thing that meant the most to him, his teeth. It was coming to him and it happened. Chet eventually learned to play again but we don't even care, do we? We still adore and love him and he could never do any wrong, even though he never cared about his kids,never took care of them, never cared about anyone, just himself and the heroine.............
katdoctor 1 year ago
its cool that his missing a teeth. all stars has just the brightest teeth, they could propaly function as a lighthouse or one of those really powerfull lights that puts a beam of light on to the shies
The9220 1 year ago
@The9220 that was awesome
Whatisthescore 1 year ago
touching the clouds right now!!!!
ucha55 1 year ago
This is truly a master at work. When he plays you see him without his demons. RIP Chet Baker, YOU are truly a Jazz Legend!
lazybones522 1 year ago
THIS is what I call a genius
mkai4492 1 year ago
he has a fine voice - thanks for posting this gem !
CommercialVehicle 1 year ago
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I wish Chet wouldn't try to sing because he "couldn't"!
But i'm telling you, that boy could blow that horn flugel.
madero111 1 year ago
@madero111 I think he sings better than just about anyone
Whatisthescore 1 year ago
His music is so honest and pure, so inspiring and full of light, thanks for your magic Chet.
botina1983 2 years ago 14
chet makes me all HOT
grenouille484 2 years ago
just beautiful....l was wondering the same thing as "Musashi7866"
TaninaOz 2 years ago
Magnificent!
He sang as well as he played.
kend16 2 years ago
in my time
voru123 2 years ago
as good as Billy/ nina s. maria callas, srv -one of the greatest singers of the last century-and a genius musician ro boot
ratherfam 2 years ago
We lost Chet way too early.......I have to wonder in this video if the teeth that Chet's missing are from the heroin, or if he "lost" them because he owed someone money. Which DVD is this from?
musashi7866 2 years ago
They were knocked out by someone with a brick. Im not 100 per cent sure why, probably because he owed them money tho
d2theutchgold2 2 years ago
@d2theutchgold2 I think that's true...but his story is they jumped his for no reason. lol
Whatisthescore 1 year ago
Being from rural Oklahoma , I doubt Chet was instructed in proper dental care. Opiates don't make your teeth fall out as well. He is a musical genius and should be remembered that way
CommercialVehicle 1 year ago
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So by your logic Chet was a fine dresser, a model, a world traveler, but didn't know how to brush his teeth! LOL! now that is genius.
musashi7866 1 year ago
Being a native Okie, I understand. Don't forget an actor as well.
CommercialVehicle 1 year ago
The story goes that he lost the tooth in a run-in with a drug dealer.
sooner59 1 year ago
an insignificant particle of information in the career of a musical genius
CommercialVehicle 1 year ago 4
He looks like Glen Campbell. I must be getting old because I like this stuff
tertommy 2 years ago
great stuff!!!!
AvnerMania 2 years ago
Beautiful!
imusiciki 2 years ago 2
muito bom bom bom!!
TheLeboymaick 2 years ago
SUPERB! Thanks for sharing!!!!
foxybrnlegz 2 years ago
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I can get the notes just by ear
musictranscription 2 years ago
Wonderful !!!!!
MexNortheastTaste 2 years ago 3
I played with Chet Baker when I was about 19 and was scared to death. He was amazing humble guy that could play and sing magnificently. Great Video!
peppersax 2 years ago 81
@peppersax
hOW wONDERFULL!!!
etube159 1 year ago
@peppersax I can't imagine. Tell us more!
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this song make's me horny
pisihopat 2 years ago
dis song is wat real music is bout. not like all dis jibbajaw you hear today.
skeeta87 2 years ago 16
Does anyone know when this was filmed? :P
CrippleCrowx 2 years ago
1964
staccato1975 2 years ago
kudos AndyN. ~ we're both young but we both listen to music with real emotion and reason. music that has sense. unlike other young people nowadays. they listen to whatever crap they hear in the radio. ~ 5/5 ~ chet baker. *nods* :)
BlankNoteb0okPage 2 years ago 8
I may be a young guy (19), but I definitely enjoy this type of music. There's real passion in the music, real emotions, real reason. It is not like music nowadays... which have the same message most of the time (money, cars, girls/images). I listen to people like Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong at time, the amazing Duke Ellingtonm, Benny Goodman, and many more... Sorry for my English!
AndyN 2 years ago 123
Hey, there's lots and lots of bands and singers today that are doing awesome and soulful and authentic things. you really need to spend some time on youtube and go beyond what you hear on radio or TV.
StephanConstantial 2 years ago
That is totally true man...but something about the past will never die.
It seems to be slowly fading away with today's pop, eh?
Maybe the independence of youtube can keep it alive?
Or it could just kill if off.
Ian3985 2 years ago 11
@Ian3985 I do think that great music never fades away! I am a 23 years old young folk who was born the day right after Chet passed away and I am listening to his songs now! The flame of genuinely good music will keep on shining, for generations and generations after.
mattmonro1 7 months ago
except it's not the same
5pid3y 2 years ago
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@AndyN You must think you're really deep. Try listening to jazz beyond the biggest players. You're listening to the jazz equivalent of "The Shins" right now. Good, yes, but they barely skim the surface of the genre.
FleeceLiner 1 year ago
@FleeceLiner I wonder why young people feel the need to tell everybody thei age when they listen to Jazz, Classical or any other type of "old" music... I am young too, and it's great that young people show interest in these types of music, but I don't see what being old or young brings to the music!
KhanShin 1 year ago
@KhanShin YO IM 18 AND I JUST LOOOOOOOVE JAZZ MUSIC
doodyl9 1 year ago
@AndyN I'm 23 myself, and I've struggled through my adolescence with people who disliked my music taste, but that's just how it is, you gotta stand for what you stand for. It takes courage to go against the mainstream
xafion 1 year ago 7
@xafion hows that? what does a true music/art lover care if other ppl dislike your taste? -.-
mcflava89 1 month ago
@AndyN Chet Baker, The James Dean of Cool Jazz. He kept getting beat up by violent drug dealers, but never lost his talent. Heroin has its ups and downs. Check out "Let's Get Lost" by Bruce Weber: Chet Baker at the end of his life, still had it..
verbaud 1 year ago
@AndyN yeah i know im only 14 and i like this music more than rap or that stuff
maybe it is cause i am a pretty relaxt guy and live day by day i really like to listen this type of music late in the night when its so silent and peacfull that i can just close my eyse and listen to the Jazz soul
brndoil 1 year ago 3
@brndoil
I'm 58 and still feel the same, art makes beauty be for ever
ritaandradesimoes 1 year ago 27
@AndyN
songs have alway spoke about few things and those things are really always the same, it's always love, regret and nostalgia.
Userro 1 year ago
@AndyN Dude, This music is not for young or Old, this music if for people who appreciate the beauty of Jazz....I was 4 yrs old when I heard Miles back in 69, Im 45 now and I'm still listening..God Bless you Young Cat...
JazzPoetic65 1 year ago 2
@AndyN Same for me, im just 15 and I really enjoy listining this!
TheFlyestDutchman 1 year ago
@AndyN I agree with everything you said. Don't apologise for your English, it's fine.
Cthulhu1970 11 months ago
@AndyN : I second that. :)
espearite3 11 months ago
@AndyN vivo la tua stessa condizione
CharlyGanja 11 months ago
another great piece of music from chet. the trumpet is amazing, perfect
weronidlo 2 years ago 2
Master musician..Top Shelf
jazz1bro 2 years ago 2
aguante la trompeta de Chet, carajo !!!!!! que pedazo de músico !!!
fulcacast 2 years ago
*melts* EVERY time.
oompaloompa83 2 years ago 2
Heh poor toothless Chet.
And yet, he remains undeniably handsome.
MicrophoneFarmer 2 years ago 3
es gibt nichts schöneres,chet hören und sterben,alles egal,was zählt ist der moment
novarette69 2 years ago 2
Chet is my man Bronx trombonist B.P.
JUDYXYC 2 years ago
chet baker lo maximo ojala pudiera encontrar oh you crazy moon o body and soul... I love his music
rodrigocs666 2 years ago
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FASHIONCONSPIRACY 2 years ago
Bad joke.
JazzManEric 2 years ago
man.. this is simply amazing.. his voice and trumpet PARALYZE me.. wahh.. so good.. its like LSD and orgasm.. but better.. yeah! infinity/5 \m/
BlankNoteb0okPage 2 years ago 4
should have opened his eyes some
tan73h 2 years ago
ME ENCANTA CHET!!!!! PERO AKI YA PARECIA EL QUE VENDE CLINEX DETRÁS DE MI CASA....
Aún asi!!!que maravilla de voz!!!
LPENEAS 2 years ago
Chet Baker, por siempre el mejor...
Carlos27Valencia 2 years ago
Phenomenal song, amazing 2 minute intro, and stunning instrumental transition. It doesn't get better than this folks!
Lacrossa11 2 years ago 3
That's not an intro he's just playing the melody..
Whatisthescore 2 years ago
this is great !!!
MusicForYourFunk 2 years ago 4
wonderful music.
Chet lost that front tooth as a teenager playing rough.
They made a replacement one for him, but he didn't like to wear it.
earthbyte 2 years ago
According to Wikipedia: In 1966, Baker was severely beaten (allegedly while attempting to buy drugs) after a gig in San Francisco, sustaining severe cuts on the lips and broken front teeth, which ruined his embouchure. Accounts of the incident vary, largely because of Baker's lack of reliable testimony on the matter. It has also been suggested that the story is a fabrication altogether, and that Baker's teeth had just rotted due to heavy substance abuse.
metsaz 2 years ago 3
He played rough as a kid?
According to wikipedia he was involved in a fight with some drug addicts and lost his teeth, got more and more problems with his embouchure and eventually had to switch to the flugelhorn. Poor ched .
schweinzi13 2 years ago
hei, where de central incisive???
marcelauto 2 years ago
he'd already lost some teeth by this point! wow!
definitive version!
lanerant 2 years ago
this song is so relaxing, it makes my heart beat slower. :)
singingmuse 2 years ago 5
this song make me cry! :(
vlad119 2 years ago 4
Un grande con la voz y la trompeta..lásti-
ma que no pudo controlar SU INFIERNO
INTERIOR..¡lástima!
amiltolo 2 years ago 2
this man is sexy, wow
musikgetsthebestofme 2 years ago 3
in an "okie" kind of way, i guess....
plaidsportcoat 2 years ago
So fantastic... Such a fan
annasimone 2 years ago 3
He looks so handsome.
treasures2jp 2 years ago 3
It's kinda strange that Chet sounds more like a trumpet when playing the flugelhorn, and sounding more like a flugelhorn when playing the trumpet :-)
hvaskaljegkallemeg 2 years ago 6
The song lasts nearly seven minutes, and still you don't want it to end. Ever.
kcmt01 2 years ago 8
What year was this performance recorded?
alebasss 2 years ago
It was filmed in 1964 in Belgium.
georgetheonlyporge 2 years ago 3
to xwspolly
he doesnt have 2 theeths because one time he dindt pay the drug dealer and the dealer slammed a chair in Chet's mouth
Very sad story ; a great artist living a desperate life
jdospasos 2 years ago
I dont think thas quite correct, this was before the episode where he got his teeth knocked out, He played for 20 years with one front tooth. The drug guys knocked out basically all his teeth and poor chet had to get dentures.
loren1283 2 years ago
Loren is correct, i was going back to my memories and i got confused on the timeline of events, a very turbulent life for Chet including is tragic end; nobody knows if he has been murdered or he did commit suicide. in any case he was a superior artist
jdospasos 2 years ago
In my opinion, the best trumpet player ever.
italiarovinata 2 years ago
heroin baker?
sickofdao 2 years ago
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missfollia 2 years ago
I used my doughter Yuotube account.
This is my reply:
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Yes, heroin Baker.
I played with him for two months in Italy at the end of seventies.
Extraordinary musician and kind man.
italiarovinata 2 years ago
i agree. the whole junky rumor/suspicion seems cliche to tag on a musician. it a shame i dont hear much like this anymore though. music in my opinion that can be really felt.
sickofdao 2 years ago 2
in my opinion this is one of the most beautiful recordings of his ever. his singing is impeccable. the man was a genius and I'm sick of people dwelling on the fact that he was a junkie. so what? he had to experience what he did to be able to express himself like that. the master of the quiet tones, the master of space, the endless storyteller, the beautiful looser, the last great poet of jazz.
my source of inspiration. my man.
georgetheonlyporge 2 years ago
hcseoj gdmax thanks for expressing what I have often thought.
hcseoj 2 years ago
hermoso
marilarq 2 years ago
This is why I love You Tube. New generations are exposed to superb musicians who are no longer with us. I am older and am only now able to find these great pieces because of wonderful people out there who posted these great performances. Thank you!
gdmadix 2 years ago 4
damn,!!!! ive never lisened to Chet b 4....
but every song i hear of his....
is like blisssssssssss
bboystealth88 2 years ago
Chet was great- he knew what to do with a song- whether singing or his trumpet he had it all. His phrasing on either was impeccable. We miss him- he was taken too early.
leega8010 2 years ago
Great singer and