CHET BAKER JAZZ RADIO

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CHESNEY HENRY "CHET" BAKER JR. (BORN YALE, OKLAHOMA, DECEMBER 23, 1929-DIED AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS MAY 13, 1988) WAS AN AMERICAN JAZZ TRUMPETER,FLUGELHORN PLAYER AND SINGER. SPECIALIZING IN RELAXED, EVEN MELANCHOLY MUSIC, CHET BAKER ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS A LEADING NAME IN WEST COAST JAZZ IN THE 1950S. BAKER'S GOOD LOOKS AND SMOLDERING, INTIMATE SINGING VOICE ESTABLISHED HIM AS A PROMISING NAME IN WEST COAST COOL JAZZ. CHET BAKER'S SUCCESS WAS BADLY HAMPERED BY DRUG ADDICTION. CHET BAKER DIED IN 1988 AFTER FALLING FROM A HOTEL WINDOW IN EUROPE.