Chet Baker

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human jazz singer jazz trumpeter musician recording artist

Chet Baker was an influential American jazz trumpeter and vocalist known for his lyrical playing style and intimate, cool-toned performances.

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Chet Baker canonical 95

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
jazz trumpeter ⓘ
musician ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1988 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Art Pepper ⓘ
Bill Evans ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Ennio Morricone ⓘ
Gerry Mulligan ⓘ
Jim Hall ⓘ
Paul Desmond ⓘ
Russ Freeman ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
burialPlace Inglewood Park Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath fall from a hotel window ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-05-13 ⓘ
familyName Baker ⓘ
fullName Chesney Henry Baker Jr. ⓘ
genre West Coast jazz ⓘ
cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Chesney ⓘ
hasProblem heroin addiction ⓘ
instrument flugelhorn ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
voice ⓘ
knownFor fragile, understated singing voice ⓘ
intimate, cool-toned performances ⓘ
lyrical trumpet improvisation ⓘ
movement cool jazz movement ⓘ
nickname Chet Baker self-link ⓘ
notableEvent became a leading figure of West Coast jazz in the 1950s ⓘ
gained prominence in the early 1950s with Gerry Mulligan’s quartet ⓘ
notableWork Chet ⓘ
Chet Baker Sings ⓘ
Chet Baker in New York ⓘ
Chet Baker in Tokyo ⓘ
Chet Is Back! ⓘ
Chet Baker Sings ⓘ
surface form: It Could Happen to You: Chet Baker Sings

Let’s Get Lost ⓘ
My Funny Valentine ⓘ
She Was Too Good to Me ⓘ
The Touch of Your Lips ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ
performingStyle cool-toned, understated delivery ⓘ
lyrical trumpet playing ⓘ
placeOfBirth Yale, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Amsterdam ⓘ
surface form: Amsterdam, Netherlands
recordLabel CTI Records ⓘ
Pacific Jazz Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
Riverside Records ⓘ
SteepleChase Records ⓘ
Timeless Records ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf Let’s Get Lost (1988 documentary film) ⓘ
voiceType soft, intimate vocal style ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top → notableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Baker → hasNotableBearer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Inglewood Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Chet Baker ⓘ
Isn't It Romantic? (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?
I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → notablePerformanceBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
subject surface form: I Could Write a Book
Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
My Funny Valentine → notablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → coveredBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Have You Met Miss Jones? → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
I Could Write a Book → notablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Chet Baker → nickname → Chet Baker self-link ⓘ
Embraceable You → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
But Not for Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Just for a Thrill → notableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Ron Carter → collaboratedWith → Chet Baker ⓘ
Someday My Prince Will Come → notableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Fantasy Records → releasedArtist → Chet Baker ⓘ
How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Nice Work If You Can Get It → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
The Man I Love → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Sammy Figueroa → associatedAct → Chet Baker ⓘ
What'll I Do → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
subject surface form: "What'll I Do"
Joe Pass → associatedAct → Chet Baker ⓘ
CTI All-Stars → member → Chet Baker ⓘ
Long Ago (and Far Away) → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Time After Time → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
I Fall in Love Too Easily → notablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Jeepers Creepers → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
Imagination → hasPerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Darn That Dream → notablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Polka Dots and Moonbeams → hasNotableVersionBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Like Someone in Love → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Like Someone in Love → usedAsAlbumTitleBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
I Thought About You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Chet Baker ⓘ
Am I Blue → hasPerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Gerry Mulligan → associatedAct → Chet Baker ⓘ
Gerry Mulligan → collaboratedWith → Chet Baker ⓘ
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Chet Baker ⓘ
subject surface form: Inglewood Park Cemetery
Glad to Be Unhappy → hasNotablePerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise → hasNotableRecording → Chet Baker ⓘ
Lover, Come Back to Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
CTI Records → notableArtist → Chet Baker ⓘ
Tenderly → hasNotableRecordingBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Easy to Love → hasPerformer → Chet Baker ⓘ
Easy to Love → recordedBy → Chet Baker ⓘ
Easy to Love → hasNotableVersionBy → Chet Baker ⓘ