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Chet Baker

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Playing by Heart (1999)	The Route (1989)	Blåmann! Blåmann! (1988)
Little Girl Blue (1988)	Chet Baker Sings Again (1988)	Rique Pantoja & Chet Bake (1987)
Love Song (1987)	Silence (1987)	It Could Happen to You: C (1987)
Symphonically (1986)	Strollin' (1985)	Once Upon a Summertime (1984)
Mister B (1983)	Peace (1982)	Chet Baker in Paris (1980)
Ballads for Two (1979)	The Best Thing for You (1977)	Blood, Chet and Tears (1970)
Baker's Holiday: Chet Bak (1965)	Chet Is Back! (1962)	Somewhere Over the Rainbo (1962)
Chet (1959)	Chet Baker in New York (1958)	Picture of Heath (1956)
Chet Baker Sings (1956)	The Trumpet Artistry of C (1955)	Sings and Plays With Bud (1955)
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Yale, Oklahoma, USA

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Jazz

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Jazz

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Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
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Chet Baker - That Old Feeling
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Chet Baker - Let's Get Lost

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Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist.
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals (Chet Baker Sings, It Could Happen to You). Jazz historian David Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one." His "well-publicized drug habit" also drove his notoriety and fame; Baker was in and out of jail regularly before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and '80s.
On May 13, 1988, Baker was found dead on Prins Hendrikkade, near Zeedijk, the street below his second-story room (Room 210) of Hotel Prins Hendrik in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with serious wounds to his head. Heroin and cocaine were found in his hotel room, and an autopsy also found these drugs in his body. There was no evidence of a struggle, and the death was ruled an accident.