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Posts Tagged Chet Baker

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May 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 118

Chet Baker, Chet Baker Plays The Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) I’m big time into Art Pepper right now – which means a trip back to Chet Baker too; the two inseparable for me even though they didn’t always work together. They burst from the same scene, or created the scene and then burst […]
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August 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 26 – Chet Baker

I can’t remember when I first heard Chet Baker but I’ve been a fan for a while. A long time. Feels like he’s just been there forever. My whole life. But I would have been a teenager before I first heard him knowingly. And then it was all in. And it’s still the way. Currently […]
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February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jazz Right In Your Face: Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life

You know the drill by now – here’s the catch-all blurb/explanation I’ve created for these sorts of lists We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top 10 albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top 10” I […]
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November 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ben Riley

Ben Riley has died. He was 84. So, a good innings – sure. He was one of my favourite drummers. He is one of my favourite drummers. His playing – of course – lives on. So strong, so subtle, so supple, understated – and yet he was always right there, riding hard on the cymbal […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alice Coltrane, Ben Riley, Chet Baker, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Eulogy, Jazz, Jazz Drummer, Kenny Barron, LP, Michael Franks, R.I.P., R.I.P. Ben Riley, Records, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Sphere, Thelonious Monk, Vinyl ·

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February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 580

Ben Webster, My Man: Live at Montmatre 1973 (1973) His last album – released the year he died, Ben Webster was in poor health at the time of this, a diminished capacity to blow (never good for a horn player) but still there’s something here. Sympathetic band, great set of tunes, relaxed blowing session – […]
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December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Music Biopics Usually Get It Wrong: The Problem Is Taking The Page To The Stage

The music biopic has a tough job I guess – it has to satiate the fan, someone who might know it all or be pretty sure they do. It has to also introduce people to the music, it has to explain why there is a narrative fictional film about this person – or at least […]
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July 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Born To Be Blue: Film

Born To Be Blue Director: Robert Budreau New Real Films/Lumanity Productions/Black Hangar Studios This impressionistic biopic of Chet Baker largely succeeds where the other recent impressionistic biopic of a legendary jazz trumpeter was just ludicrous, insulting, absurd. So why does Born To Be Blue work? For a start it actually makes sense. Miles Ahead played […]
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June 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Avishai Cohen: Into The Silence

Avishai Cohen Into The Silence ECM Not to be confused with the bass-player Avishai Cohen this is the latest album by the trumpeter Avishai Cohen. It’s an elegiac set of reflections on the passing of his father. The band is phenomenal and so deeply respectful towards the material and so aware of each other’s playing […]
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August 8, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1903

Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen To You (1958) It was nice to sit back and just let this spin. I used to have it on CD; about 10 years ago I collected up a bunch of Chet Baker stuff. I still have my favourites – and this is definitely one of them. […]
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