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Date of Birth
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23-December-1929
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Place of Birth
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Yale
(Payne County, Oklahoma)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Baker Chet, Chey Baker, Chet Baker & Art Pepper, Chesney Henry Baker Jr., Baker, Chet, Chesney Henry Baker, Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, The Chet Baker Quartette, ãƒã‚§ã‚¹ãƒ‹ãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ˜ãƒ³ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ™ã‚¤ã‚«ãƒ¼ãƒ»ã‚¸ãƒ¥ãƒ‹ã‚¢
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Profession
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Singer, Trumpeter, Film Score Composer, Actor
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Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist.
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals. 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 frequently before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and '80s.
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