Chet Baker
CountryUSA
Active Since1949
GenreJazz
About Chet Baker
The James Dean of jazz.. My Funny Valentine is his signature. The trumpet and vocals are equally distinctive. Heroin addiction derailed his career. Letts Get Lost documentary captured his decline. Died falling from a window in 1988.
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