Marshall's father, jazz guitarist and Hollywood composer Jack Marshall, played on the Baker/Sheldon sessions and owned the out-of-town studio where it was recorded, but he died before a deal to ...

In a career that lasted an odds-defying four decades, trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker's signature sound was captured on around 20 live albums. The majority of these performances, covering the years ...

Two Fine New Vinyl Releases By Chet Baker and Bill Evans Share Scandinavian Roots. Many jazz fans seem to only focus on Chet Baker’s 1950s material when he was still young and beautiful and crooning ...

Chet Baker, a name synonymous with cool jazz, left an indelible mark on the world of music with his evocative trumpet playing and hauntingly beautiful vocals. His career, spanning from the early 1950s ...

And yet the two men were, in fact, close friends. Sheldon, who was two years younger, idolized Baker, though he was careful not to emulate the slightly older trumpeter’s lifestyle. In the late 1960s ...

Chet Baker had $1.25 in his pocket when ,he came home from Europe last month. He scuffled around Manhattan for three weeks before he found his first night’s work; he spent the time rounding up haircut ...

The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will present the Josh Nelson Ensemble performing “This is Jazz: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Chet Baker” 3 p.m. Sept. 7 at the San Bernardino Valley College ...