Soft, romantic jazz that is best listened to late at night or on a sunny afternoon in the garden with an old book perhaps. Chet Baker was a trumpetist and singer specialising in romantic, melancholy music, although he also recorded some funky swinging records (check for example Picture of Health). Increasingly, drug addiction hampered his output and performances, especially in the 1960's. In 1966, Baker was severely beaten (allegedly while attempting to buy drugs) after a gig in San Francisco, sustaining severe cuts on the lips and broken front teeth, which ruined his embouchure.

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