Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince ...

You do not generally feel like jumping up and shouting ‘Yeah!’ after a Chet Baker trumpet solo. All that tenderness, turmoil and pain has driven you too far inside. He reaches that same part of us as ...

I first met the Baker family at Chet's funeral back in 1988. I took my kids out of school and went with my partner, Fonje, to the Los Angeles Cemetery. I had heard about the funeral from our local ...