Orrin Keepnews doesn't get enough credit for the Chet Baker albums he produced on Riverside. In all, Orrin recorded five albums with the trumpeter in 1958 and '59—Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen to ...

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Ethan Hawke Nails Junkie Jazzman Chet Baker in Oscar-Worthy 'Born to Be Blue' (VIDEO) Ethan Hawke is working hard these days, in a wide range of roles, from his long-term collaborations with Richard ...

There's some good news for fans of Chet Baker. New music by the late acclaimed jazz trumpeter and singer has just been released, 37 years after his death. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to ...

Let’s Get Lost, photographer Bruce Weber’s relentlessly cool ode to square-jawed trumpet player Chet Baker, is either the perfect date film or the worst imaginable. Either Baker’s slicked-back, ...

Born to Be Blue, Robert Budreau’s cool and dreamy look at Chet Baker’s life on the comeback trail in the late ’60s, is a ...

Traditional biopics go through the motions, hitting all the perfectly rehearsed notes until even the most fascinating life has been transformed into a bland composition. Writer-director Robert Budreau ...

Week 1As a jazz beginner, I discovered Chet Baker in the car. The moment I heard him, I felt a sense of discomfort, wondering ...

Sometimes known as the James Dean of jazz, trumpeter Chet Baker was among the most photogenic of jazz musicians. Yet by the time he died in 1988, a descent into heroin addiction had so transformed his ...

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 ...