Chet Baker
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr.was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and vocalist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth23 December 1929
CityYale, OK
CountryUnited States of America
drummer all-time frank
Artt Frank is my all-time favorite drummer. He always seems to know where I'm going.
thinking people might
People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to think maybe they might be wrong.
thinking play two
I like to play in the deep register. I was never a high-note specialist. My range goes from the bottom of the horn up to around C or D. High D is about it for me ... about two-and-a-half octaves, I think. But in these two-and-a-half octaves, I can say everything I have to say.
play jazz inspired
The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.
art europe america
In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.
girl women kissing
I soon became aware that there wasn't enough time or opportunity to kiss all the girls in the world. The best thing is to stay cool - just be choosy and wait for the right opportunity.
drummer
It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.
music play wells
Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton.
nice believe way
I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself.
art media greek
Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek, is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart?
play people three-things
It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play.
love-you love-is loses
You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose.