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Filmography. References. Further reading. External links. Chet Baker. 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 of Cool". [2]
Jan 18, 2012 · He fell from an upper hotel balcony in Amsterdam in 1988 and died. Questions come up immediately: Did he overdose? Was he pushed out by a dealer? was it a drug deal gone bad? Did he commit suicide? Well actually, none of the above. Chet Baker enjoyed getting high, and got used to the hassle of scoring heroin.
Aug 8, 2023 · Jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker died after a three-story fall on May 13, 1988. What exactly happened is still debated by some.
May 14, 1988 · Chet Baker, a jazz trumpet player who was also a whisper-voiced, romantic singer, died Friday after falling from the second-floor window of a hotel in Amsterdam. He was 59 years old.
Aug 8, 2021 · Who knows why Chet Baker toppled to his death from an Amsterdam hotel window at 3 a.m. last Friday? Maybe he just dozed and fell while viewing the city`s night lights.
Dec 23, 2023 · When the body of Chet Baker was found, crumpled and bloodied, on an Amsterdam pavement on Friday, 13 May 1988, beneath the third-floor window of the hotel where he was staying, at first no...
Oct 13, 2013 · Chet Baker, the junkie trumpeter, a legend of sordidness and stone brilliance, fell to his death at age 58 in Amsterdam.
Feb 22, 2008 · AMSTERDAM — Twenty years ago this spring, when Chet Baker fell to his death from the window of an Amsterdam hotel room, an afterlife began that, in terms of the sordid and dismal, almost...
May 9, 2024 · Died: May 13, 1988, Amsterdam, Netherlands (aged 58) Chet Baker (born December 23, 1929, Yale, Oklahoma, U.S.—died May 13, 1988, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist noted for the plaintive, fragile tone of both his playing and singing.
May 14, 1988 · Chet Baker, who was likened physically to James Dean and musically to Miles Davis but who never approached the success of either man because of his addictions, died Friday after falling from...
