Early in James Gavin's finely crafted biography of the brilliant and troubled trumpeter Chet Baker, the author quotes long-time Baker associate Enrico Pieranunzi opining, "For American people, Chet ...

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 ...

1967: Flowers in your hair and all that. But by the following year the mood had grown pretty ugly here in San Francisco. And it wasn't just the backsliding rock 'n' rollers and Monterey popsters. The ...

In 1952, a 21-year-old trumpeter from Oklahoma named Chet Baker established himself as one the few real superstars of contemporary jazz by both playing and singing with an unmistakable lyricism and at ...

When Ethan Hawke turned 40 a few years ago, he did a couple of things. “One is I got my motorcycle license,” Hawke says, splayed out in the corner booth of a Manhattan cafe. “I had it before, but I ...

Anyone romantic enough to suppose that beauty is ennobling should sit down with "Deep in a Dream" (Knopf, 430 pages, $26.95), James Gavin's eagerly awaited biography of the jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.

Josh Hartnett is reportedly in talks to star in a biopic of Chet Baker. According to Variety the actor is being lined up to play the role of the jazz legend in The Chet Baker Story. What to Read Next ...

Alternately hailed as the greatest white trumpeter of all time and derided as a facile pretty boy coasting on natural talent, Chet Baker epitomizes the seamy, tragic allure of the beautiful loser. In ...