Sure, it may not be the most upbeat, dance through the sprinkler album on earth, but when the temperature rises, we all need a disc to help us cool off. This is the coolest of the cool! With his ...

It Could Happen To You: Side A: Do It The Hard Way; I’m Old Fashioned; You’re Driving Me Crazy; It Could Happen To You; My Heart Stood Still; Side B: The More I See You; Everything Happens To Me; ...

Click here to read Part One: Chet Baker: the Junkie Beat. Chet Baker finally hit New York in May of 1954, fronting his own band, for a month long engagement at Birdland. By all accounts it was a ...

We had 10 to 15 minutes to prepare,” Tómas R. Einarsson tells us, as he begins to explain his extraordinary experience performing with Chet Baker in 1985. Tómas is fascinating, immensely talented, and ...

NPR: What do you hear as the links between bossa nova from Brazil and the West Coast cool jazz of Chet Baker? I think there are very obvious connections. Both records are records of covers. I'm just ...

Unlike Clint Eastwood’s great film Bird, about Charlie Parker, this one eschews any linear attempt to tell the real (albeit familiar) story of another musician struggling to balance a legendary career ...

You don't want to be near Ethan Hawke when he's learning to play trumpet. Filming Born to Be Blue, in which he portrays jazz icon Chet Baker, "the challenge was largely for my co-star, Carmen Ejogo, ...

March 25, 2016 • Baker's legacy may be debated, but his artistry shouldn't be. On the eve of a new biopic starring Ethan Hawke, here's an introduction to the trumpeter and vocalist.