Chet Baker (1929-1988) was a star by the age of 23, winner of all the jazz
polls for his singing as well as his trumpet playing. His early promise,
though, was frustrated by involvement with drugs, and by a popular shift in
taste away from the cool jazz of the West Coast. But except for a few years
of inactivity Chet continued to perform for over thirty years-mostly
overseas, and often in bad shape-but always faithful to his original, lyric
style. Some of his finest recordings were made shortly before his death.
Since then his reputation has recovered and continues to grow, thanks to his
romantic life as much as his beautiful music.
- Autor: Jeroen De Valk
- Kategoria: biografia, autobiografia, pamiętnik
- Język: angielski
- ISBN: 189316313X
- Data wydania: 2000-01-01
- Liczba stron: 308
- Ocena: 6,0
- Wydawnictwo: Berkeley Hills Books
