Awards
Over a breakfast interview last December, Ethan Hawke was, as he put it, a little “weepy,” having just finished shooting “Born to Be Blue” about jazz legend Chet Baker.
Sept. 16, 2015
Music
When Hersh Hamel takes the bandstand at Steamers in Fullerton tonight to pay tribute to the late Chet Baker, he’ll bring insights that few people share.
Aug. 6, 1996
Movies
Photographer Bruce Weber won’t be made to feel guilty about those controversial, blatantly sexual ads for Ralph Lauren and Obsession from Calvin Klein.
Dec. 18, 1988
Trumpeter and singer Chet Baker, who died last May in a mysterious fall from an Amsterdam hotel window, was a tragic hero of mythic proportions, a James Dean of jazz who inspired those around him in profound ways.
June 29, 1989
Most biopics of musicians try to cover too much ground, telling artists’ stories from birth to death while focusing more on their weaknesses than their work.
March 24, 2016
The image in the tray drifted up slowly in the dark room--a youthful-looking Gerry Mulligan, his lanky body leaning back to balance his cumbersome baritone saxophone, his jazz quartet in action.
March 5, 1995
There was some symmetry at work in this year’s release schedule, which included two movies drawn from the storied history of jazz.
Dec. 29, 2016
Too bad Chet was a junkie, but what about his music?
June 3, 1989
Archives
For a time in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, they were the rat pack of West Coast jazz.
March 12, 1994
Feather’s assertion that Baker “was a limited trumpeter . . . and an even less talented singer” is way off the mark and damning to Baker’s talent (“Film Portrait Does Jazz a Disservice”).