A Portrait of Chet Baker
Too bad Chet was a junkie, but what about his music? When Charlie Parker hired Chet for his band, he warned Miles Davis that Baker was “going to eat you up (musically).” Not bad.
Baker’s music needs to be judged on its merits, without preachment.
FRED T. NEWCOMB
Pasadena
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