And yet the two men were, in fact, close friends. Sheldon, who was two years younger, idolized Baker, though he was careful not to emulate the slightly older trumpeter’s lifestyle. In the late 1960s ...

It’s too bad that more people don’t know about both Baker and Sheldon, so they could choose for themselves, rather than having the publicity machine choose for them. The question I ask here is: While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s some good news for fans of Chet Baker. New music by the late acclaimed jazz trumpeter and singer has just been released, ...

It Could Happen To You: Side A: Do It The Hard Way; I’m Old Fashioned; You’re Driving Me Crazy; It Could Happen To You; My Heart Stood Still; Side B: The More I See You; Everything Happens To Me; ...

Ethan Hawke is to play legendary trumpeter Chet Baker in an upcoming biopic. The Before Midnight actor will portray the late musician in Born to Be Blue, a film based on Baker's troubled life and ...

Reviewed by Barry Lenny, Friday 23rd June 2023. Lost in a Dream: The Life and Songs of Chet Baker, is a tribute to the late jazz trumpeter/singer, presented by Australian trumpeter, singer, and ...

Jazz, trumpeter Chet Baker was among the most photogenic of jazz musicians. Yet by the time he died in 1988 at age 58, heroin addiction had so transformed his once-boyish appearance that he looked ...

Ezra Collective trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi is the latest artist to pay homage to jazz legend Chet Baker as part of the forthcoming Chet Baker Re:Imagined tribute album, as his version of “Speak Low” ...

It’s not strictly a jazz film and it’s not strictly a biopic. But Born to Be Blue, Robert Budreau’s re-envisioning of the psyche of legendary trumpeter Chet Baker, strikes all the necessary moods and ...

YALE, Okla. (AP) - Famed jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker was born not far from Stillwater, in Yale. He lived a hard life, one beset with drugs and music, and died much too young, at age 57. Now ...