Chet Baker - Almost blue

Amazing Jazz song Almost Blue by Chet Baker / Composed by Costello
Lyrics : Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do
There's a girl here and she's almost you
Almost all the things that your eyes once promised
I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying
Almost blue
Flirting with this disaster became me
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Almost blue
It's almost touching it will almost do
There's a part of me that's always true...always
Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few
I've seen such an unhappy couple
ALMOST Me/You/Blue

[@chocuu_6289]

Trumpet: I am sad... Piano: thats ok, it will fade...

[@rexroselo5060]

Wow its like if the instruments really do say this

[@zencoos]

And the bass?

[@jovit195]

The bass died from leukemia that’s why they’re sad

[@Thebigbean114]

@@jovit195 rip bass 💀

[@seniorblastoise2748]

Funny how a comment months ago said the same thing, but with more words.

[@jannate_]

The "almost blue" feeling is the worst one a person can go through. Not depressed not sad just deeply unsatisfied and drowned. I love this song

[@sethtsek9307]

Well said 👏

[@trevormurphy3457]

Blue are the words I say And what I think Blue are the feelings... THAT LIVE INSIDE ME

[@Emanuel-bm9vn]

“Deeply unsatisfied and drowned” that sounds like depression bro

[@jannate_]

@@Emanuel-bm9vn could be

[@allthatgirlcoronado]

I don’t know, I’d rather feel unsatisfied than how I feel regularly. But every feeling is considered. I just… can’t explain.

[@TheJackster-tl8oi]

“There’s a girl here and she’s almost you” “All those things you promised with your eyes, I see in hers too” Sadness isn’t looking at grey skies it seems, but remembering they were once blue.

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤

[@jorgecolin1717]

Damn bro that's deep

[@elisabettabubola4927]

I d say : he .. but deep still remains

[@TheJackster-tl8oi]

@@jorgecolin1717 I was high as fuck when I listened to this video, I don’t know what I was thinking busting out some quote type shit like I’m Mark Twain or something 😂

[@thomasleary2814]

@@TheJackster-tl8oi In that case, whatever you were on - I want some.

[@merochingon450]

Chet Baker can break your heart, make you fall in love, contemplate everything, and make you smile like a child.

[@GjaP_242]

Chet Baker always lived against the grain. While the world was still ecstatic about fast and rhythmic bebop jazz, he defined an emotional and melancholy style that didn’t seem to correspond to the spirit of the time: “cool jazz”. He was one of the most unique singers in jazz and just as good a trumpet player. 6:16 [Ivy Style; Vialma Jazz]

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

​@@GjaP_242❤❤❤

[@RobertCooper-eb9kq]

That is such a beautiful way to put what I’m feeling, thank you Elvis Costello for showing me Chet XXX

[@jeanie5074]

Blue, or almost blue, he played beautiful, sang beautiful, and he was beautiful💧💙💗💔💞

[@stephen.6548]

The universal language isn't love or music; it's loneliness.

[@cloudcoveredmoon0015]

No one needs to be lonely.

[@TheShamansQuestion]

....poetic. Amen.

[@CaptainAnonymous]

Underrated comment

[@MrCrossbones2008]

I'm lonely...I know...music is the language of emotion. I know that, for sure. I've gotten my share of standing ovations. But I left everything 15 years ago to come to this place and care for my dear mother, who just died last October. We never thought she'd live this long! ha ha...but I took care of her till the end. She got her wish; she got to die in her sleep, in her own bed, in her house. God Bless my mom, Agnes...which means "Lamb Of God"...now she's gone. Every morning I wake up thinking I have something share with her...then look for her...and finally realize...she's gone. Sometimes I think I hear her calling my name. I know...this will all eventually pass...but I bet I can play the blues better than any 19-25 year old! ha ha...

[@intotheafter1214]

@@MrCrossbones2008 Glad she lived a lot. The same shadows that surrounded her will one day surround me. Rest in peace Agnes.

[@infernozet]

This song is crazy, but damn, that drummer has got to be vibeing on a different level. It almost sounds like rain. Amazing.

[@serotonic596]

drum brushes ..?

[@infernozet]

@@serotonic596 must be, maybe one could find a live performance and have a peek.

[@jamesbrownjr.5074]

That's what I was thinking.

[@rubytuesday7653]

Yr right On!

[@Xiaomansounds]

Well said sir.

[@ramiemad9863]

its January 6th 2024, its currently 3:01 am in Baghdad Iraq, I am listening to this with my laptop with a video call on my phone enjoying this music with the girl I love, the weather is cold and my feet are freezing yet I am enjoying this masterpiece and my girls is asking why it takes so long for me to write this comment, enjoy the life people, enjoy love, enjoy the sadness and feel accepted, the meaning is all around you you just have to see through it.

[@christopherdonaldson8419]

First of all, I hope you're safe. I'm in deepest French countryside cooking a curry, listening to this waiting for my girl to arrive. This music goes with our sodden landscape right now. Bleak and wet. It carries me away.

[@nanipersikova4808]

❤❤❤

[@coffeine1924]

Nice picture painted

[@RobertCooper-eb9kq]

My sister lived in Baghdad with her husband Faris and their 5 kids. They managed to get out before it all went bad, lost their home and everything, why am I rambling on when I just wanted to say Chet Baker touches your soul

[@mohamedaltweel9740]

Dear rami It's March 8th , it's currently 7:33 pm , im in tripoli libya , I can see the sunset through the window while laying on the couch alone in the house . Having thoughts of despair and loneliness not because I'm alone but because I have so much going on in my life that I can't share with anyone ... I know deep down that I need help yet I keep pretending to be strong. I am strong and I am capable but sometimes admiting that we need help is all we need. Kindest regards ❤ I hope this letter finds u well and loved

[@CindyPillow]

My husband of 54 years died 3 days ago. He was a trumpet player. I'm enjoying the vibe

[@satelliteheart1009]

rest in peace🤍

[@graemeramsden1872]

Sorry for your loss. My dad was a trumpet player too. Very dedicated and a very interesting man xx

[@nefasto1908]

I hope you're doing well. I imagine how much it must hurt

[@espenwenttojarket]

Sorry for your loss.

[@cjw6659]

🙏🏼

[@logansimmons3199]

Dude doesn't start singing till 5 minutes in. He establishes the mood and tone. Then he tells you what all the previous 5 minutes was about. It's so good. Like watching a silent film and then talking about the plot, but with song.

[@spmoran4703]

That is why he is a genius .

[@PawRangerss]

you re genius logan bro!

[@allforthewinner]

Puckoooooooooooooooooooooo!

[@imbees2]

Chet, baby!.

[@CrowGirl66]

well put.

[@TheGenesJonesGallery]

When you start to feel sad, dont fight it. Embrace it. Feel as sad as you possibly can. Dive as deep as you can into the darkness and realize youre still alive. Realize how normal it feels and youre not alone, no matter if you feel so alone. Embrace the darkness. Outlive the depression

[@embracingbeautiful]

This comment. All the feelings.

[@vikvik316]

I never agreed so much.

[@JSFKCK]

@eva Spinaci acknowledge it. Live it. Cry. Dig deep. With my own depression, I ignore it until I can't. I think it would help if I regularly intervened and acknowledged and expressed it. And attended to it. Being physically active is the best counter-measure. I say this from experience (I fail at practicing tho), and from my uni classes.

[@SamSam-cf4uf]

Ok Sasuke

[@jessenunez7205]

I needed to read that. Thank u

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Chet Baker (December 23, 1929 - May 13, 1988), aged 58 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@Jackie.Miller65]

Same age. Respect. First time but not the last!

[@bulletsunderpressure]

Died to heroine of all things. Not even his wikipedia page says what happened to him. RIP chet.

[@thebellcurve3437]

@@bulletsunderpressure What are you talking about? He died because he fell off his hotel balcony in Amsterdam; this has been public knowledge for decades.

[@sametucar9544]

👍

[@jaymiklavcic5435]

@@thebellcurve3437 From his heroine use! Years before pulled out his gold fillings for money. Heroine stole so much talent in music from us. It gave us nothing!

[@claudiaestradaz]

I'm not depressed, i'm not missing someone I'm just enjoying this masterpiece

[@rileybobbert6527]

im all 3

[@joy1ess]

yea. I hate it when people have nothing music related to say and say the most random sh*t in music videos, like their spouse, their parent, their pet died and the song reminds them of it.. If you have nothing to say about the instruments, the arrangement, the mix or the performance, better don't comment and just enjoy?

[@prodVenti]

⁠@@joy1essmusic is supposed to evoke memories and emotions, so it’s definitely related. also no casual listener knows anything about arrangement or mixing

[@joy1ess]

@@prodVenti I doubt a lot of those comments are even real.. they all seem really generic and copy n paste

[@grannygirl61812]

CHET BAKER! AND THIS SONG AMONGST SONG AFTER SONG TIME AFTER TIME@ I LOVE HIM❤❤❤

[@parhelio___]

Scary how much we share under this endless blue sky, isn't it?

[@ManuelGarcia-vo6ee]

like hell

[@AncestriaPLC]

Ah yes, quite.

[@vtolwariors8429]

Sheldon i must agree with you sir. It truly is painfully pleasant

[@kfiter]

Mine is grey

[@vtolwariors8429]

Kérian Fiter through those grey clouds there is a mighty blue sky and a bright, golden sun. Don’t worry. Their time will come to appear

[@corue]

I don't know why, but it sounds as if the instruments are talking to each other. The trumpet is sad, the piano comforts it, etc.

[@alyssabowen9297]

Corue This is actually very common in Jazz and is known as call and response. The instruments speak to each other, taking turns, in a conversational tone. Some songs catch the intonation of the human voice in a more obvious manner than others. This is one such song.

[@pygmalion8952]

Man, i saw one comment about what you said about it. And i either think the same.

[@pygmalion8952]

@@alyssabowen9297 can you suggest me a book about jazz that is popular? (because i can't understand english very well especially if its written in a therotical type maybe one that you will suggest has been translated to my language.)

[@aaroninky]

Pygmalion read geoff dyer’s ‘but beautiful’. it has a chapter on chet.

[@megandres412]

That's the magic of music my friend

[@Wonderhussy]

I've been listening to nothing but Chet Baker since 2023 began. I'm not sure if it's making me feel better, or worse...but I love it

[@joaovictor3312]

However it makes you feel, you will always be listening to music made with passion and full of emotion

[@Danukki2005]

I guess I understand what you mean... It is just touching too much to hear this music. All the best, my dear!!! Keep your head up high and try to be thankful for every good moment in your life.

[@DorrisDiaz]

It can only do you good.

[@godisdeadandwememedhim4174]

Fella was the Radiohead of his times

[@kaleidoscopegreen]

@Wonderhussy blessings to see you here

[@imbees2]

Chet plays his soul. His trumpet is expressing the soul of his heart. The despair in his heart. The loneliness in his heart. The love he has to give in his heart. Chet's trumpet is his soul and his ambition. His trumpet is his way of expressing his life to the world, his way of letting the world know who he is!

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤

[@sametucar9544]

👍

[@Xeela10]

We should send Chet discography in space just to let the whole universe know that we are capable of something beautiful after all

[@buska100]

Yes Indeed

[@nice3333333333]

Beautiful by the interpretation of human ears. Aliens might just find it to be white noise for all we know.

[@midnite3169]

best youtube comment, ever

[@spotzav5830]

definitely best comment ever

[@Musiclover8825]

in space, no one can hear you play jazz

[@BeefWagon]

not a bad thing to listen to on Valentine's day

[@Traulma]

Not at all...

[@evangelhogelho]

Komm süsser tod spotfy's playlist

[@aymanemach]

Why would it be bad

[@nathan-ls8yw]

you forgot the other essential, a bottle of jack or tequila

[@m.s.f.t.4267]

My favourite

[@EdoloChannel]

Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere.

[@fionarama2665]

This is literally medicine for any anxious feelings ❤

[@Jackie.Miller65]

I concur.

[@aliadosmc]

same here

[@YHWH_is_God]

This is where sadness meets with sophistication

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

And then you showed up...

[@beverleyderby1536]

I couldn't have said it more eloquently. Thank you. 🌹

[@deedeekreep9139]

Just sadness....

[@YHWH_is_God]

@@deedeekreep9139 😢

[@tomdrawsstuffs6092]

@@Manumanu-ul1qd lmao

[@pulkitmathur4652]

No one quite captured melancholy the way Chet did. He was a genius.

[@GjaP_242]

One of the most famous jazz musicians of all time, Chet Baker was an iconic cool jazz trumpeter and singer. In truth, Baker’s voice was unusual. Mellow, sonorous, and defined by a somnolent languidness, it also had a mysterious androgynous quality. Chet Baker rose to fame in the late 1950s as part of the West Coast Jazz movement; a more calm, cool and restrained take on jazz music. 5:35 [Famuse Talent; Jazzfuel; Journal Philistine Toronto]

[@TrinidadJamesWoods]

​@Edoardo Bonel Bill Evans was an exceptional pianist. One of the absolute best.

[@edoardobonel5845]

@@TrinidadJamesWoods YESSS

[@knickertwistcopperby6066]

The song was written by Elvis Costello who worked with Chet on 'Shipbuilding'.

[@souissijihed9320]

Amen to that

[@billscannell93]

There was something magical about this guy. He had such a uniquely beautiful voice. I just watched the "Let's Get Lost" documentary about him again. It is a sad story, how he went from ethereally handsome to that tired look of a longtime drug user, but his voice and skill on his trumpet never left him. Probably my favorite jazz musician.

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful

[@billscannell93]

@@Manumanu-ul1qd Even creepier because you're eloquent and obviously took some time to post that.

[@gabemurcia9158]

En 1967, en la ciudad de Rosario, en Argentina había conferencias de jazz. En el oscuro proyectaban diapositivas y tocaban discos. La audiencia en total silencio presenciaba anonadados la magia de este género fascinante y hoy, después de 53 años en EEUU lo que más me conmueve es darme cuenta que esa magia perdura a través del tiempo. Gracias Chet. Gracias Rosario❤️

[@PaquiCamus]

Es la primera vez que escucho a Chet y despues de haber dejado Baires en el 1970 me trae recuerdos pasados, entiendo esos momentos de escuchar los tangos, de leer Cortazar y otros. No es mufa, es mas profundo.

[@johnnyp8979]

Jorge Cafrune, uno de mis cantantes favoritos... Differentes las canciones pero me dan calma, no es el estilo, es el interprete que hace porque a mi NO me gusta JAZZ 🤪. Chet Baker, con el si se puede 👍

[@gabemurcia9158]

Las veladas de jazz eran en una biblioteca pública llamada “Estímulo al Estudio” los discos LP los trataban como joyas y cuando la púa bajaba y tocaba era como un trance. Cada nota, cada acorde me hacían pensar en Nueva York, o Chicago, algo así. Calles mojadas, el frío y los rascacielos y taxis y gente pasando. Algo que hoy veo a diario y sigo escuchando con audífonos y el jazz me acompaña todo el tiempo.

[@davidweaver4567]

How cruel is life when a sound as delcate as the finest glass comes from a man just as fragile. Thank you, Chet Baker

[@violettegauvrit5835]

Why are you talking to him he is dead live home da Fock alone

[@dashiellkwan276]

@@violettegauvrit5835 lol shut up

[@dekecumberland6349]

You're pretentious gibberish shows what a pathetic loser you are.

[@violettegauvrit5835]

@@dekecumberland6349 so sorry man i was going trough a dark place in my mind it was actualy a joke don't come at me like that please

[@stevecarlson6462]

We are all fragile when we fall two stories to the sidewalk below.

[@GoodbyeMrChips-do2fl]

A number of years ago I spent a year in New York. One weekend, I don't remember the hotel I was staying in, but I had found a really good jazz station. I had just fixed myself a drink when this song came on. I stood there, drink in hand, looking out on the city as a soft rain was falling. Of course it would have been better if a semi-nude woman had been beckoning to come back to bed. But it was real life not a movie. The mood was just right with the drink and Chet Baker on the radio. I've never forgot that moment. And everytime I hear this song, I'm back in that hotel room. Sometimes life just gives you that perfect moment you can keep in mind forever. Thanks for posting this awesome song... Greetings from Iran

[@Jaecht88]

...real life not a movie.... God bless you for these words

[@KremIsis]

Wow. Nice to read you again after all this time, Mr Kerouack. Hey, it's not you? It's your soul, though.

[@pameladewinter8724]

what a delightfully charming way to describe the moment. One must be careful as life imitates art, imitates life, imitates art...it's all a movie. Are you Persian or just visiting? I would guess Persian, as I have never met a Persian man that did not have polite judgments, weren't wildly romantic, and all delighted in making one feel like a delicate flower. Pleased to greet another aficianato

[@pameladewinter8724]

aficionado LOL Greetings from the East Coast, USA

[@GoodbyeMrChips-do2fl]

@@pameladewinter8724 Madame, many thanks for your kind words. I'm Persian from Teheran with many american friends, since i was working for Merrill Lynch...

[@daveroberson6128]

I would listen to this mostly when getting drunk. Now I stopped the drunk part and still listen. I have to muster internal bravery to listen sober...But when I do allow Almost Blue to be a sober pleasure, I gain strength from it. Thank you Chet Baker.

[@vodkaboy]

yes

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful

[@RobertCooper-eb9kq]

4.48 and I am getting drunk, no better way, thank you Elvis Costello for getting me into Chet

[@demowarius]

It is currently 6:08pm here in the UK and I am sat here with my cat Smudge on my lap who will unfortunately be put to sleep in an hour due to poor health, this will forever be our song. I love you Smudge, there will be no other like you. Thanks for being my best friend and the best cat anyone could have ever asked for.

[@riboramovic6512]

RIP smodge

[@brenda.c.r]

My life is falling apart, my only brother has died 4 months ago, my parents are getting divorce because my father is making very bad actions, I must take care of my two nephews, and the things in my work aren't so well. I've been listening Chet all day long, cause, this is the only thing that's making me feel a little better.

[@Jyusei06]

Have faith in yourself, random person

[@dbr4338]

I hope it gets better for you, much love

[@KamiliaP]

Hope things will get better. You're strong 💖✨

[@amiramira8497]

I hope everything goes the right way very soon Just stay strong, more beautiful days are waiting for you 🖤

[@chriscook1249]

This too shall pass Bren.

[@iltulipano]

Chet Baker - Vocals, Trumpet Harold Danko - Piano Hein Van Der Geyn - Bass John Engels - Drums

[@saabguy303]

iltulipano ,I Really Appreciate This Most Important Information.I Have Been Searching For All The Musicians Who Played On This Track.Particularly And Specifically The Piano Player.Harold Danko Is Truly A Virtuoso!!

[@charlesjensen7918]

@83scalpel Thank You everyone for the synopsis. CMJ Canada

[@aloevera420]

Thank you for this. I don't know much about chet baker. Never knew he sang his songs too.

[@michelleenderink3664]

Nice that Hein Van Der Geyn is dutch. Gives me hopes

[@thezenbum]

@83scalpel Chet Baker's and BB King's Thrill is gone have not a thing to do with one another. I mean they are not the same composition. Two totally different pieces of music. Not a version or rendition or anything like that. Nothing in common. allmusic: "From Chet Baker's first vocal recording session in 1953 (Chet Baker Sings [1953]) comes this cool West Coast jazz treatment of an old Tin Pan Alley song, not to be confused with the B.B. King blues hit from 1970. "wiki: Chet Baker's cover of 'the thrill is gone' by BB King??? i have no idea what you are talking about.

[@calincretu335]

This song speaks to me in a language I didn't know I understood so perfectly clear. I am left speechless and agitated afterwards. Rare for a piece to touch me so deeply. Beautiful... Now If I could only not feel whatever it is I'm feeling right now

[@jasonboltz8255]

This is one of the greatest performances of this song I've ever heard. Chet can deliver a phrase like no one else.

[@chrismanqueros128]

My father was a jazz musician he played the saxophone. He was never in my life just came and gone. Visited like every other weekend. Then he just stopped and I never saw him again. He's passed away in my twenty's didn't really feel hurt by him being gone though. I do how ever have a love for jazz soul blues and anything with a saxophone. I guess I am drawn to this type of music but inside it makes me feel closer to my father. Who I have come to miss and dearly love over the years despite him not being alive. A son will always need his father even in death. Love you dad.

[@NazmushSakibAuntoo]

God bless you chris

[@vertuenlgr1505]

Your Dad loves you back. You know.

[@tswnotebook]

You are beautiful

[@zenchen2601]

Feel him note for note from Turkey

[@tham4378]

You are a good man brother, God and your Mother have made good to you between now and forever. But the unseen and pain is the real teacher…

[@alessandroguglielmo719]

This is not depressing. This is the sound of life The sound of every winter and spring that we shared together The sound of laughter Fading away Achieving their purpose In tears Sadness Thank You Chet You re immortal

[@Biggdog311]

Thankyou for posting this I’m gonna get this tattooed

[@tylervelocity]

Yessssss

Estoy de acuerdo. No es deprimente. Es simplemente bella y melancólica

[@christinadelorme1931]

These words moved me ...thank you

[@patriziatrentin6651]

💎

[@justinantoniomezahenriquez1643]

Someone listening in 2024 ?

[@battmannnnn]

yes❗

[@aminatirhazouine5926]

Yes sir

[@sikwanstanleychan8315]

Yes😊

[@maritaolofsdotter4879]

Absolutely!❤

[@antoniodiana5140]

Io

[@tabletalk33]

My favorite jazz musician of all time. That's saying something. I NEVER get tired of his music. He is IMMORTAL.

[@rival3822]

Bartender.. I didn’t order a double shot of heart break.

[@FelonBlankito]

Rt

[@mastersamurai7683]

just leave the bottle would ya

[@GCAT-zv9in]

ya did...or ya wouldn't be here my friend.

[@johnkemp9835]

But ye DID, Blanche!

[@gypsytabor1675]

Oh, sir... It was from that lady

[@Mad-UpperCuts]

No matter how much I try, I can't escape the feels. I always seem to be captured by a cloak melancholy. Not quite depressed, not unhappy, but missing something or someone I need. The spirit of this song, Chet Baker , such a sad soul. I keep coming back to let this song speak for the way I feel. ALMOST BLUE

[@hientri1215]

Someone will fill your soul and make you complete one day...

[@stiofanmac3376]

it's my go to song mostly when i drink a lot and i dont know why....my heart is torn apart and i can't put it back together...so i drink and play this

[@tonytee5121]

Same.

[@Michael-bw4xv]

@@stiofanmac3376 lol fucking lame, get a therapist

[@incognito6396]

You should get close to God. Gain spirituality.

[@RoleyChiu]

This song always helps get the voices out of my head. Thanks Chet.

[@RobertCooper-eb9kq]

Chet in my head, heaven RIP beautiful man.

[@prensaybookingvictoriamus9740]

This is pure soul, pure feeling

[@ChristianFabris]

This version is amazing! Recorded live in Tokyo in June 1987, less than one year before Chet's death. Chet was in great shape that night in Tokyo. There is a double CD of the concert... for anyone willing to listen and feel... Other musicians are: Bass - Hein Van de Geyn Drums -John Engels Piano - Harold Danko The video is also available here on KZbin. Enjoy!

[@p.j.laperle355]

Thank you very much.

[@sunitsaful]

Thank you, so beautiful song.

[@ricknigro100]

tanks

[@LeaGibson1]

Thank you.

[@tiredpapi]

Thank you, buddy

[@ARandom90sKid]

This makes me so happy and so sad at the same time

[@lesimeaste8928]

exactly the same!

[@healcoba]

I might add peace?......

[@lesimeaste8928]

maybe just thinking ...time is running... I don't know why but it reminds me something about the Time with a ''T''

[@waynemoores]

I hear you buddy

[@jimmyfulig997]

i call it calmness....peace..

[@draculasneeze6681]

beautiful, beautiful melancholy

[@HotPocketsBoy]

It’s like he’s painting with the music. It’s incredible. The closest thing we’ll get to music on canvas

[@RobertCooper-eb9kq]

If I hadn’t listened to shipbuilding I wouldn’t have known who Chet Baker was, thank you Elvis Costello

[@bakerygoblin6895]

Chet Baker has a memorial plaque in Amsterdam that says "Trumpet player and singer Chet Baker died here on May 13th, 1988 He will live on in his music for anyone willing to listen and feel"

[@MultiMiaStar]

any idea where? I'd love to go check it out!

[@jwswane]

@@MultiMiaStar Hotel Prins Hendrik, Prins Hendrikkade 52-58, Amsterdam, www.hotel-prinshendrik.nl/en/

[@whatthecello42]

Died because he was locked out of his room, tried to cross from the balcony of the adjacent room to the balcony of his room, and fell in the process.

[@donmiller2908]

@@whatthecello42 He fell because he was doped up on coke and heroin.

[@CaliMichelle11]

@@whatthecello42 ass hole

[@flupachi4623]

In that case, this song makes me feel like I am looking into the eyes of that perfect mate that only appears once in your life, and then vanishes only to remain like a surreal painting in the profound chambers of your soul echoing through time like a bittersweet memory that both delights and destroys any semblance of complete happiness in this existence...what? Never mind, it's very nice music.

[@zacmcewen-jones4763]

Too true.

[@grade8william]

+Flu Pachi i agree

[@TheVector7]

+Flu Pachi Verbose

[@inadelcarmine4684]

have quoted you when posting this song on Facebook!!! haven't heard such inspiring words for ages

[@farjunkahmed2389]

+Flu Pachi wish I could quote like you man.....you should consider writing

[@henriqueyoh]

This is probably the saddest song I've ever heard. And one of the most beautifuls too.

[@LeperKing1174]

I am 23 now and I'm going to buy a trumpet and a piano just so that I can play this masterpiece! Unbelievable nothing comes close when you compare classic music like this piece by chet baker for instance to music we have today!

[@wyleeelpuppo4868]

There's a few more instruments involved...

[@Thomas_Sch]

surely bro....sure

[@kealani6535]

Stay with it, practice, and always remember why you're striving for musical perfection. Music is perhaps the most sublime and pure form of communication. This Chet Baker track is a prime example.

[@alexmorgan3435]

Why try to copy this music trying to play it yourself? You'll likely never come close to how Chet composed, played and sang it. Just listen, try and understand it, savour it. With age comes wisdom.

[@ilyasguldal8659]

Before that, love someone deeply. Then let time and conditions broke her spirit and left you while still loving you. Feel melanchony in your heart. Let all meanings and politics despair from your mind. Feel loneliness. After all, you will have presence of emotion. You dont even need to play any instrument. But you will want to express your loss. And you will have this art naturally.

[@AbhishekGupta1704]

The song for the mornings who had no nights.

[@TH-dl9qi]

Got me thinking ab lots and lots of stuffs. Here's to your nights, sir

[@marywhite7142]

Couldn't of said it Better myself...

[@marywhite7142]

@@TH-dl9qi And To The Nights, That Had No Mornings...To You As Well, Kind Sir....

[@shakyjake91]

Perfectly worded, and appreciated

[@sorayabouguettaya6432]

Actually, it is the songs of the nights that has no mornings...

[@kolobcanyon8920]

This is ten miles past blue

[@philiptonee6334]

Agree.

[@woddow]

Kolob Canyon very true , that's how I feel when I listen to this song, far beyond blue

[@massimodigaetano]

eh...

[@HelliOnurb]

Almost true

[@alves604]

Totally true

[@andremarques2017]

So beautiful..

[@luckyluciano911]

🎶..directly from heaven.

[@CaptainSpork7]

It's Monday morning. This is playing in a cafe built in the 30's. Its 7:15am, raining gently outside, still dark. No customers yet but each table has a candle just waiting for each new person to arrive. My coworker and I are ready to open in 15 minutes. We both take a breath and a sip from the day's first cup of coffee. We look out at the dark, rainy streets as people, one by one, pass under the street lights on their way to where they need to be. Those 15 minutes between now and opening are pure peace.

[@evam7431]

thank you :")

[@CaptainSpork7]

@@evam7431 What for? :D

[@evam7431]

CaptainSpork7 i just really liked this comment :)

[@evam7431]

Manuel Do Pazo .....and?

[@CaptainSpork7]

@@manueldopazo6014 I didn't mean my shift was in the 30s (:

[@caitlynmeadors4170]

Chet Baker is like the Rain of music. I can't really describe it, but his sound gives off the same feeling that rain does.

[@dougford9443]

Very well said, exactly my sentiment.

[@tbrekan]

I had to be the thumbs down. Chet was a junkie that played trumpet. He's lucky we even care.

[@johndaarteest]

ASMR?

[@kristofarnold7255]

Yeag dude!

[@lordshu007]

Melancholy

[@DrDommm]

Chet never realized what a blessing his beautiful jazz ❤️ music 🎶 is to jazz and music fans...

[@buzzcoe67]

Chet can lay out a mood like only very few could.

[@JeroenO129]

The most beautiful works of art, come with the greatest amounts of pain.

[@suz-anne9185]

True❤

[@deadmule2948]

If one wishes to engage Art at it's core Truth - The ability to heal - it is mandatory to know the mechanics of Pain and have a desire above all other's to see others set free of it's dark & icy grip. Art is of The Light and only Light can cut The Darkness and make it bleed.

[@cowboyeddy1901]

It's true I tripped in art class and made a work of art

[@budsyremo]

Sygg, River Guide pure poetry man . What a beautiful thought you expressed in words .

[@bibianarodriguez1123]

To feel pain is a way to make art too...

[@GameFreakz64]

This has to be one of my favourite comment sections on KZbin.

[@dekecumberland6349]

If pretentious drool from pathetic losers is your preferred content, then that makes perfect sense.

[@se3170]

@@dekecumberland6349 your last name is Cumberland

[@toma6068]

@@dekecumberland6349 As opposed to "WHO'S WATCHING IN 2021? OMG WHO CAME HERE FROM TIKTOK 😩😩" Yeah I think I prefer this comment section

[@tuberjr]

that`s because the comments come from people who are feeling the hurt and pain expressed by the music....

[@charlescicirella2670]

​@Solitude Zero Too funny. If you have to ask hahahaha.

[@frontierconcepts2386]

Simply beautiful

[@josephlemko3027]

The man could play! Chet Baker's playing can enable a person to go through so many different emotions in a single piece of music. Peace!

[@DirkjeA]

Well said, his music makes you go through these bittersweet feelings that only real music can.

[@josephlemko3027]

​@@DirkjeA: Great to hear from a fan of this magnificent artist. ❤

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful

[@josephlemko3027]

​@@Manumanu-ul1qd: Chet Baker's shortened life due to drugs is a tragedy. But that does not change the fact that he was extremely talented. Personally, I feel that the world would be better without drugs. I have seen too many people's lives shortened due to them. PEACE!

[@rickf]

"There's a girl here, and she's almost you." Great line.

[@syanerg1866]

Fuck man that timing i read it while chet sings it.

[@natinatyoutube]

Scrolling through this comments section while listening to this masterpiece makes me wanna give each and everyone of you a warm hug, a blanket and a cupcake. Beautiful, sensitive, poetic souls here. I love you all. Greetings from Switzerland EDIT (May 2022): Wow. I come back here 3 years later and the world is now in a pandemic, which makes this thread even more special and beautiful to me. Thank you so much🥰. I also love reading where everyone is writing from 😍🌎 ! We might never have the chance to meet each other but I'm grateful for this connexion we share, right here. Please remember that you are worthy and you are loved. Always. See you in 3 years my friends.

[@SquishPanda]

Natinat 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@craciunana93]

Thank you🙏

[@jahnwarnermedia]

OooRah~

[@sundogbooks1020]

Natinat Thank you! I agree with you. Chet Baker is tops! Come to New Orleans.

[@sailorayour]

Natinat Greetings from Morocco!

[@MrRar66]

An unbelievably great song.

[@Mr__B.]

The real immortal god of blues. Unbelievable complexity of the music, singing technic and performance!

[@tuanjim799]

Tonic for a weary soul. So interesting how art can turn hardship and sadness into something this lovely and expressive. It allows one to not wallow in their sad feelings, but rather to hear them reflected back as a universal part of the human condition, and to transcend them for a short time. It really is like a medicine for the aching soul.

[@mikimodesign-studio7965]

Tuan Jim beautiful words

[@dukestreetking5094]

Beautifully put sir

[@jonathaneagle3554]

Your lines are so beautiful sir#

[@sonianawaz2720]

This is such a beautiful comment!

[@meadowlarkascending]

Poetically put, Tuan Jim...medicine for the aching soul, indeed.

[@regroberts4951]

I am a recent Jazz convert at the age of 65. I just cant get enough of this stuff. It reaches deep into my soul. I have found so many artists that I like but Chet has got to be the best or bloody close to it.

[@cloreindaturner4736]

Chris Botti “Emmanuel”is my favorite song in the entire world. You should give it a listen.

[@paulinedubois7614]

@SavageArfad hi how are you

[@paulinedubois7614]

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[@harmonicreation5594]

bill evans. those two are givin me evrything

[@dimasytc9988]

i recommend you hearing time after time by chet too

[@luisathomas9551]

I adore this song ! I really like this guys music .

[@williamgregory1848]

"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" - Chet Baker

[@mimiseton]

The song was actually written by Elvis Costello, I believe. Not Chet Baker...am I wrong?

[@sametucar9544]

👍

[@user-ny1nc4ke3d]

I know that feeling

[@chinaman1]

It baffles me why isn't this on Spotify...

[@regalit0304]

Search : ionn blignault - almost blue

[@mattgonzalez1053]

Regalit0 you sir are a godsend. I found this song a few minutes ago and was worried I wouldn’t be able to have it on Spotify.

[@setalaka]

@@regalit0304 my man

[@regalit0304]

@@mattgonzalez1053 had the same issue a few days ago , im glad to help you guys

[@user-mk6dk2tc2l]

@@regalit0304 aaaa thank you so much!

[@laurenblakemore528]

So sad how so many talented, beautiful people are the authors of their own destruction.

[@BK-lq1qz]

This song is his expression of "own destruction". Just because of his personality, he and others are able to touch our Souls... if chet were just simple music student, you really think he can do music like this?? Just People with broken wings, broken lifes and broken hearts can put that much passion into art

[@joadariu9005]

@@BK-lq1qz That's a ridiculously simplified way of looking at things. Don't defend mistakes. I love his music and empathize with him, but there's a firm line I have marked. Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, Pandit Jasraj, Charles Mingus, will you deny the monumental beauty of their music?

[@laminebadiane2351]

@@joadariu9005 I get what you mean but I think he is referring to this song particularly...and I would agree with that, the way it sounds buddy...it's like there are tears dripping out this trumpet...You can feel the sadness, the regrets, the pain and all the shit that cross a man's heart.

[@stonefly69]

"It is in your nature...to destroy yourselves..."

[@peterstark9484]

Forget 'destruction'. From his pain came his most heartfelt music.

[@tommyholt5127]

That sad irrevocable conveyance in that one mournful C,, carries into and thru each and everyone of us, and ohh what an amazing drummer

[@moron1138]

This song immediately triggers my nostalgia trip to 2016 and everything that I've been through. Rest in peace, Chet Baker.

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful

[@EE-wo5ty]

It's like the trompet is a voice that is trying to cry and tell me it's problems, and the piano is recomforting me with it's sweet melody, saying that everything can be beautiful and alright...

[@ethansmelser5731]

That’s the most poetic thing I’ve ever heard

[@adhityas348]

Aren't you sober?

[@EE-wo5ty]

paradoxicalman 19 I swear I'm not trippin'

[@marioaraujog98]

Eduardo Vianna that was deep, man

[@circolosanvitogmail.itmatt9243]

Eduardo Vianna got it

[@ath_the_city_of_chaos]

if this aint a masterpiece then what is.

[@sokpomaranczowy6731]

"is" unnecessary

[@ath_the_city_of_chaos]

you are absolutely right. my thought process changed while writing it. thank you. will remove it

[@QMPhilosophe]

"unnecessary" unnecesarry

[@sokpomaranczowy6731]

+Paul Dirac what do you mean?

[@larushruiz9197]

fuck you @tim jones

[@vinalogsub]

what a perfectley freely elegant musicians!! thanks for rare video 😊😊

[@AdamBalcer71]

Piękne granie, pełne subtelności i uroku... Można słuchać, słuchać i słuchać...

[@deedavis427]

This is what loneliness and despair sounds like when there is little hope left, but the memory still burns in the distance with a faint glimmer, yet we still grasp, we still cling to what was but sadly will never be.

[@shawnwright5332]

👍🇨🇦

[@dekecumberland6349]

Get a life, you pathetic loser.

[@deligreen5811]

@@dekecumberland6349 it seems you need a life, if the best thing you can do is respond to all of the 1000 comments to call them “losers”. What a low life.

[@doriangreen4631]

Facts.💯

[@lastunctives2095]

Funny how Chet comes in to your life and stays there

[@chilove9955]

Yes, he's in my life for good now. Just the music I was listening for.

[@theneutralplatform4834]

When I found him, I kept him close to me and this is how it is!

[@josephmarina2883]

Yeah, kinda cool, a good companion

[@rogerstevenson7074]

@@josephmarina2883 How true. I had never really thought about it that way, but he has been an integral part of my life for nearly as long as I can remember. Thanks for stating such a not-always-obvious truth.

[@josephmarina2883]

@@rogerstevenson7074 you're welcome, thnx for those vibes

[@angeloceliento3415]

rembering when I was in London, seven years ago, and I used to listen this song almost every afternoon when the sun went down, and everything around me was so calm, so beautiful, so blue.. and I still remember the peaceful of that moments, I was young, so crazy, so happy and so sad about life, I would to come back there even also for a few minutes. Thanks Chet for this feelings, I will never forget in my life.

[@fernandoalfonsopatinorodri846]

ohh man, this is really how sadness speaks, straight to the depths of the soul

[@PulseCodeMusic]

Beautiful... Makes me want to smoke a cigarette while looking out of some half open venetian blinds on to a rainy street and internally explain my story of lust greed and betrayal.

[@TheSergio1021]

thinking the exact same thing

[@melo4087]

PulseCode Music amazing! I'm gonna use this!

[@ORPHANPINTO]

shit u listen to raury and jazz and doom. we have the same tastes. can u check my soundcloud? criticisms appreciated, im a producer, rapper, artist, ect. Soundcloud.com/pnnnto

[@Bogancharisma]

I can only think of your description in a Noir film scene of the forties or fifties

[@melo4087]

Yeah I can't find that comment. I'd greatly appreciate it if you repost it here +Johnny Trash

[@Ssiluetaz]

He died today thirty one years ago, such a shame, but an inevitable fate nonetheless. What a great artist you were, Chet.

[@JESUSISLORDforever888]

Otakanime Well, we ALL have a “shelf life”.. an “expiration date”. One day you and I will travel that way too BUT, for me......though I will go through the “shadow of death”, I will fear no evil because of JESUS CHRIST.

[@musiconlyplease98]

you were... and are

[@ramzimahdaoui3519]

Is this jazz?!

[@peterstark9484]

Remember, his pain came from never-ending efforts to beautify his music.

[@5O4evr]

@@ramzimahdaoui3519 yes

[@ange7408]

With eyes closed, I can completely get lost in this. Soooooo deep, sooooo beautiful, soooooo peaceful. Incredible, incredible out of this world sounds and talent.

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful

[@m.sulieman]

My senses go high every time i listen to this master piece 🤍

[@Novvvv1]

this, miles davis' blue in green, and Coltrane's the blue train.. and madlib shades of blue.. all masterpieces.

[@melo4087]

Ayye bro you got it!

[@joelrogan]

absolutely.

[@MikleShnikle]

dude i see you legit everywhere

[@Cantrelate1998]

that's why his name is slick nick

[@MrNiallNiallNiall]

BILL EVANS WROTE BLUE IN GREEN.

[@gustavocardoso4987]

The brushes in back is so enigmatic

[@alihijazi4451]

Indeed! These brushes elevated the song to a whole new level.

[@marco-xe9je]

Nice blindado mano KKKKKK

[@marco-xe9je]

@@joaokennedy3757 Foi mal aí mano, mas o blindado do Tesla é pica d+

[@alihijazi4451]

Olha os BR aí curtindo música boa!

[@natefroggy3626]

You cant say the n word that's racist

[@enriquezvaldez3797]

What can you say, when loneliness hits you, it really hits you. What a haunting piece of music. Listening to this soothes my soul, thank you Mr. Baker.

[@sabinaallayarova]

Какая музыка!!!Течет как глубокая полноводная река .Медленно, тихо .Дарит покой, мысли спокойные.❤❤❤❤❤

[@migo.bakhshiev]

dəyşət bir kompozisiondur elə deyilmi ?

[@user-yb3fo2ic2p]

​@@migo.bakhshievхорошо что она вам дарит мысли спокойные, а не тяжёлые

[@thewaywardpoet]

There is NOTHING like listening to this tune on a rainy night in Los Angeles while driving down Hollywood Boulevard. It really adds to the atmosphere; makes you feel like you're the last person on earth left alone with your deepest, darkest thoughts and feelings.

[@giuliapuppo7819]

I should try sometime... Missing L.A. so much!

[@jackproctor8055]

thewaywardpoet it never fuckin rains in Hollywood

[@Skipperj]

I like that feeling .

[@mcowan4156]

thewaywardpoet l

[@bertolinidives]

...almost.

[@CecilsPlaylist]

Why do so many super talents like Chet Baker live short and unhappy lives while entertaining us to the max with songs like this? It is fashionable to think that the conflicted artist is necessary to entertain at the 'as-good-as-it-gets' level as does this trumpet player; but I don't think so myself. At any rate, thank you, Chet Baker.

[@yassinet.benchekroun5087]

+Cecil Williams If they had lived happy lives, they wouldn't have produced so good music :D

[@yassinet.benchekroun5087]

+Cecil Williams If they had lived happy lives, they wouldn't have produced so good music :D

[@CecilsPlaylist]

+Yassine Taoudi I don't think that is true, Yassine. Many of the classical composers were well-rounded people and produced super work. Saint Seans comes to mind. For sure, there were conflicted composers as well (Puccini comes to mind). it just seems more jazz greats muddle their lives than in other genres.......

[@yassinet.benchekroun5087]

+Cecil Williams It's true that we can find examples that prove I could be wrong.. But still, I believe that it depends on what you like.. If you- like me- like sad music, you'll love the romantic composers such as Chopin or Rachmaninov... And guess what, Rachmaninov composed his most famous piece (second piano concerto) after 3 years of deep sadness... Same story for beethoven's moonlight sonata, he was in love with a girl that didn't love him... So as I said, those extraordinary musics which are extremely sad wouldn't have been composed if the composers were living "cool" lives...

[@Cephlin]

+Yassine Taoudi Mozart lived his life like a modern rock star equivelant TBH. Sounds pretty darn cool...

[@Valeriothedreamer]

❤❤❤amazing .. pure class style elegance devastating loves

[@jaimecarrascocandia1656]

He is a genius of the music , now we see him , he is impressive

[@Danielbrown-cr1gu]

Life is full of the lovely things like the morning sun, the gleaming dew drops, the sparkling rain, the vast blue sky, the whistles of chirping birds, the beauty of the sea. Hope you're doing great and in good healt

[@c9csun79]

I wouldn't wish this feeling to anyone

[@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.]

Well I'm feeling it now

[@c9csun79]

@@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World. I am there with you brother , people always say it gets better but I think you just get stronger

[@SAL83468]

I’ve watched thousands of KZbin videos and have never seen a comments section like this The perfection of this brings out the truth in people

[@kubilaycankara6741]

This is the blue corner of www...

[@maxwellsmart6487]

Valeriae, u r very wise. GREAT post.

[@sanawattar]

This song just makes you feel like the world is always almost blue. It makes me see the beauty of the dolefulness in this world.

[@dexterrussell3998]

A beautiful expression of human emotions! Very deep!

[@sharkshaaayy]

This music is a drug. Can’t stop listening to it once it’s begun.

[@sharkshaaayy]

Facundo Parodi thank you!

[@espflex]

careful drug hurt don't be addicted ;)

[@matheusneves4913]

Hi

[@annalizabendal5523]

This 7 minutes of my life was worth it.

[@SAL83468]

Annaliza Bendal I made it an hour... on repeat

[@MsMuhanji]

Ah Chet I grew to adult Age listening to you. Thanks for getting me through the hard times

[@Emilinparis]

Only 7? Haha

[@dekecumberland6349]

I can't even begin to think how stupid the rest of your life must be if this pathetic drool is the best that ever happened to you.

[@L.B.555]

Beautiful music, I have heard it walking through the old streets of Santiago in these hectic years and on cloudy afternoons, and for a few moments I walked in other times, smoother and less difficult than today. I wonder what will become of old Chet wherever he is. An affectionate greeting to all who appreciate these deep sounds.

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤

[@francescab8844]

La sto ascoltando com gli auricolari, nel letto di notte... Mi sto perdendo tra queste note un po' tristi. Bellissima❤

[@formulaR11]

Stessa cosa anche io nel letto con le auricolari