Chet Baker Live @ Ronnie Scott's

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[@venturaeasyrider3956]

Two in the morning AM, the family sleeps and after a hard day of work, a glass of good wine, a cigarette, headphones and listening to Chet Baker relaxing on my couch is the best thing of the day, it is health for the mind, is to recharge your batteries for the next day ✌️☮️✌️

[@annstockdale3062]

I was wondering around Paris very late one night in the '60s (yes, what was I thinking) and heard this haunting music coming from a club and followed on in. There was Chet on stage and only a scattering people still left in the club. I was blown away...and still am. After the set we talked for awhile. Such a sweetheart...and a fun way to have found his soulful music.

[@jerzeykowboy9425]

Very cool! Moments like that stay with you forever.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

I talked for a couple of minutes in Paris 2005 with Jerry Bergonzi. He sounded like a philosophy professor in Cambridge….and played like a tiger the whole gig.

[@1e0s]

Wonderful story💞

[@tls4022]

What a beautiful memory you have. You are very blessed and lucky to have met him ✨

[@Bigger-Than-Jesus]

i was just wondering if you were wandering around too??

[@pseke7613]

For some reason the most tormented souls give us the best music

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

No, they're just crap, trying to look 'interesting' with their drug use etc. But the good thing is that it shortened Chet's life considerably and we should be grateful for that small mercy.

[@pseke7613]

@@Manumanu-ul1qd what the fuck are you saying ? WeirdChamp

[@brothermac9719]

At time's it does seem so

[@andrewsundell2502]

What a nasty piece of s*it you are, a**hole. Should be compulsory only able to comment using a real name and not such a stupid made up monocle such as yours!@@Manumanu-ul1qd

[@Senorzilchnzero]

Music and comedy.

[@Miguel_Noether]

I have finally accumulated enough Chet Baker's videos in my history for KZbin to recommend me this master piece 😌

[@mandolinwind]

Wow! Is that how it works?!! They sent to me too- yah! I'm loving this- was Van there the same evening?!! Great great great! So sad too, in " Let's get lost " he appeared so f..up.😮😢😢

[@MangroveLord]

well i got here cause im superior

[@DominiqueREY24]

Chet Baker is accompanied by Michel Grailler on piano and Riccardo del Fra on bass.

[@vascharis]

Guys are amazing, thanks for providing names

[@oscarfasanelli5807]

Gracias!!!

[@Vladimir-nd1qr]

where and when was this concert?

[@stanvanillo9831]

@@Vladimir-nd1qr 86, Ronnie Scotts London

[@joycevaneekhout4992]

I can listen to Chet all day. Very soothing for my well being

[@michaelchapman4955]

Chetty caresses the melody with His horn & His voice...... along with His sweet scatting desert...

[@irinatrufanova153]

Згодна на всі 100. Навіть забуваєш про війну

[@johnmartlew5897]

@@irinatrufanova153 Stay safe. Stay cool. 🫡🇨🇦✌️❤️

[@DanielGomes-gk2nz]

How can anyone just "dislike" Chet?

[@erictesteguide4027]

assholes are everywhere.

[@thelmaschoen8980]

Hear, hear! I totally "dislike" what he did to himself with hard drugs.

[@Blackgrass1]

Chet the music? Ich guess you just have to be a little ignorant. Chet the life? Well ...

[@mrboyban]

@@thelmaschoen8980 We can only judge a legend such as Chet Baker if we can't see ourselves in the mirror. Long Life Chet Baker!

[@alexeyb8237]

@@thelmaschoen8980 you know too less to judge, friend.

[@jakelabete7412]

His tone is so pure. He humanizes the trumpet. I didn't know he sang. Lovely.

[@karloarsch1579]

If you did not know he was singing, I suggest two records: Chet Baker sings, and Chet Baker sings again. Both great, but the second one is so touchy.

[@drbest87]

@@karloarsch1579 Don't forget: Time goes by - by far his best album

[@littlelamb6804]

Oh yes, he had a great talent for singing, too. Just an awesome voice.

[@cedergrenpeter]

I'm a therapist and whenever I hear Chet play, or see the expression on his face, I wish I could have known him; given him the space to open up and express his pain. I know that that same pain is what created his amazing music, and at the same time my heart opens for him.

[@olaandersson3599]

You are stupid. Help yourself.

[@musicfatcat]

@@olaandersson3599 lol😂funny bro

[@percyvalle921]

Had he been happy in life I guess he wouldn't have been that genius.

[@luke125]

Believe me you didn’t want to know Chet. You’re in love with the mystique. The reality wasn’t very nice. Not at all.

[@richsan4923]

​@@luke125was he a nonce?

[@PuffyMac1970]

Riccardo on bass is blowing my mind, what a talent!

[@elviradark6902]

what's his full name?

[@jamesfrance9715]

I was there and spoke to Chet during one of the breaks when he very kindly signed my Ronnie Scott's menu. Charming and modest and brilliant.

[@masonklein]

Do you still have the menu?

[@jamesfrance9715]

@@masonklein Sadly not (it's a long story) but I have the memories. I was very close to the stage and poor Chet did not look well but my lasting memory of speaking to him was how much of a gentleman he was. He's just completed a set and I saw him on his own at the bar and took the opportunity to talk to him. A lot of so called stars would have palmed me off but Chet was really engaging and charming.

[@ldred2604]

@@jamesfrance9715 beautiful 🤩

[@I-talk-about-tough-topics]

@@jamesfrance9715 When was this? (Oh, 1986, I later saw in another comment.) I used to work at the hotel at which he often stayed in the early 80s until he could no longer afford it (at least, that's how I read it) and then he moved to a different hotel, which is the one, so I understand, where he later passed away. Quiet, calm, unassuming and sad, so sad, so lost. No reason to name the hotels, but his sadness, the way he seemed so lost still gets to me. I don't think I'd run into live recordings before. I've only listened for a few minutes, will listen to the rest tomorrow or later. The sadness would get to me too much right now.

[@jamesfrance9715]

Hello, yes it was in 1986. By the way, I know the hotel you refer to where Chet died in Amsterdam. He was apparently sitting on a windowsill and fell to his death. When the police arrived, they estimated his age as being much younger. It seems that the facial 'creases' he had developed over the years had smoothed away and he'd regained some of his looks from earlier years. I like to think that he was at peace and the demons that had followed him over the years had gone away.......

[@letemroll7871]

Experts don´t seem to rate this session very high. I don´t understand why. Chet sound so fragile and haunting that it breaks my heart. Essential in my humble opinion.

[@konradherrmann3213]

experts 😂😂

[@ScreaminJames]

Chet is brilliant but Elvis Costello is unnecessary and Van Morrison is just an embarrassment here.

[@letemroll7871]

@@ScreaminJames I agree! Always skip those.

[@goddamn8958]

That‘s the thing about „experts“ ... they don‘t feel shit ... they just judge even though nobody asked them to

[@andresugueruaga6920]

@@ScreaminJames It's a show targeted to the rock people...that's why Van Morrison and Costello are, in my humble opinion

[@gerardguitarist]

This is superior Jazz. No overplaying. In the pocket. Searching and melancholy and yearning. Behind the beat just a bit. Chet is (was?) a master and sorely missed.

[@cheri238]

​@@fellowroch 🙏❤️🌍🕊🎵🎶

[@roninmichaelson1604]

Was, he fell out a window in Amsterdam :(

[@russellesimonetta9071]

Not behind the beat. Cool jazz,, uhh think atmospheric flow .no feeling of down beats. Its like water flowing in a stream.

[@hanew]

I saw Chet four times in Paris, France in the 80's, around the years this video was shot. Well, 3 times and a half actually, as he canceled one of the concerts at the New Morning after arriving 1 hr late and trying two or three times to sing "I remember you", but he was too high, or not enough, I don't know, so he just grabbed his overcoat and crossed the room to get out of the place, and next thing you know, we just heard an announcement "Mr Baker is refunding all the tickets or you can come back tomorrow". Course, the next day concert was just great. The sidemen were the same as @Ronnie Scott's, no drums either, and the atmosphere exactly the same. Also, one or two years later, I had the luck to see Chet on stage with Archie Shepp on ts and Horace Parlan on the piano. An album was recorded from these concerts. I still have mixed feelings about this concert, though, as their styles were radically different and Chet Baker seemed so old and so weak and it didn't seem like they had a great complicity. Great memories all the same. A great album to listen to, recorded in these days at the end of his career is "Chet Baker sings again".

[@letemroll7871]

Nice read!

[@edwardgabriel6924]

Aw man to be able to go back in time to see this legend play 🎺

[@cindyivett2370]

@@edwardgabriel6924 .....YES!! I have thought the same thing many times.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

I’ve heard Baker in 1986 in Basel with Philip Catherine live without having heard anything about him until that evening...and I thought, well, the guy can play and sing. And never stop listening to him regularly until this day. Best record for me: It could happen to you with Kenny Drew.

[@crapitoutjim]

I saw him play the Schlachthof in Munich in 86 or 87, absolutely incredible.

[@theinkbrain]

You can only watch and listen to Chet so long before the stitches that hold your broken together bust open and break it all over again and again and again.

[@craigkeller]

Pure understated elegance.

[@josephrussell3946]

how those three musicians could play so good escapes me. That is real music with capital letters. I have had the honour of seeing Chet 4 times, 3 in Barcelona and one at Ronnie Scott´s back in ´86. I like jazz, but chet is different, he is the one that has something nobody else has, one piece of advice, listen to Chet on lps, they sound great, I have more than 20 lps by him, the cds do not count, but the lps are so expensive, thank god there are still some people like us that love good music. Let´s have a drink to ourselves. Long live to good music, greetings from down south Barcelona.

[@rotarygomasters452]

True words, mate. Chet had that inch above the others.

[@lailakhankhan90]

Breaks the heart listening to the legendary Chet Baker........

[@HamalonHamilton]

Hi I'm from Poland. I just discovered Chet a few months ago. He wasn't so popular in my country when I was young. In my opinion he is just amazing, pure artist. Love!!

[@Feon83]

Born to be blue is the name of the movie about Chets life.Check it out.Great film.You will like him even more.

[@konradherrmann3213]

hi to poland. double dvd. "get lost". or lets get lost? on amazon, great stuff. 👍🏝🏝🥂🇫🇷

[@gardikagigih5704]

yes he is

[@robertczebotar7025]

Zapewniam Pana, że Chet Baker, był niezwykle popularny w Polsce końca lat 80-ych i początku 90-ych...Oczywiście, nie był to poziom popularności Milesa, ale jego plyty sprzedawały się znakomicie. Pozdrawiam Pana

[@robertczebotar7025]

@@konradherrmann3213 🍀Let's get lost 🍀

[@marisaraskin]

We need to bring jazz clubs back to Los Angeles!

[@1946julie]

touche

[@川口明美-u3j]

皆さま こんばんは 💕やっぱり健康第一ですね！ 季節の変化、台風の影響なども受けるこの頃です 体も心も 心地よくなるように どうぞ お大事に お過ごし下さいませ 呼吸を意識したり、水 を飲んだり、水やお湯を 上手に使って 体を リフレッシュさせたり、体温 を調整したりするのも有用ですよね 最近では テレビで 腸の調子を良くすることが よく話題になっています！ 脳と腸 は特に大事ですものね 😊 善玉菌や 悪玉菌、やせ菌 デブ菌 などという 言葉も飛び交っていますね〜 お医者さんたちが食品で有用な物を色々 紹介し、 芸能人も使って 実験する番組も多いようです それぞれが合うものを としめくくっているようで すが、本当に上手に選んでいきたいですよね(^_^) 番組には 必ずスポンサーさんがいます 又 特定の食品を流行らせたい ということもあるかも しれない！ということも少し 頭の片隅に 置いて 参考にしたらいいかしらって思います 何故なら テレビでの放送の次の日にその食品が 急に減っていることが よくあるようですから😉 ビタミンミネラル など 必要な栄養もしっかり とって、ゆっくりお風呂に入って、 早めに寝たり、たくさん寝たり、 ストレスを 上手く手放したり・・・ ベストな体調にもって行きたいですよね！ ごく普通のことですが、この時期、体調不良を 感じる方が多いようですから、１つでも意識して やってみると 体が秋モードに上手く 行くようですよ どうぞ お元気にすてきな 楽しい秋のお時間を お過ごし下さいませ いつもありがとうございます(^_^)

[@BEARGUITARJAZZ]

That ain't right,

[@MrRockinrollin1]

amen to that....

[@wlm0942]

not only there, even the big cities in Germany got nothing like that

[@pauloughton6816]

Such an incredible Talent but cursed with demons. There will never be another that can handle the horn as effortlessly as he does, to delivers such a fabulous performance. LIfe is sometimes cruel and there are too many "If Only's". His rich legacy will continiue to discovered by passing generations - Not a bad little collection to be inspired by. RIP Chet - Love You Man!

[@RanBlakePiano]

Paul Oughton s. Agree

[@michaelchapman4955]

Chet had a deep soul... intermixed with decades of inner turmoil of which I can relate to 24/7 365 & 'Art Pepper, Bill Evans & So many others were fighting demons incl. 'Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker & Billie & Sarah, etc...

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

10 years later but thank you!

[@AuxesisHyperbole666]

10 years and 43 minutes for me on this one! Always watch Chet vids, this one escaped me. Great man.

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

@@AuxesisHyperbole666 Yup

[@CrueLoaf]

Costello and Chet work so so well together. Beautiful.

[@imbees2]

Great Chet Baker. He never stopped playing the best he could. He's one of my idols. I think he's a premier jazz man, a hall of famer...

[@bigswingface5847]

Great statement. Chet never stopped played the best he could. And most of the time, it was exceptional.

[@miker9101]

After the peak of his career, he had had his teeth knocked out during an assault. He had to learn how to play again with dentures.

[@HalfGermanBeats93]

0:45 - Ellen David 5:57 - Just Friends 11:49 - Shifting Down 17:32 - Send In The Clowns (Vocals - Van Morrison) 23:10 - If I Should Lose You 29:00 - My Ideal 35:50 - Love For Sale 45:55 - The Very Thought Of You (Vocals - Elvis Costello) 48:49 - You Don't Know What Love Is (Vocals - Elvis Costello) 53:52 I'm A Fool To Want You

[@neocolors]

Isn't it "down" instead of "shifting down"? Miles Davis tune i believe.

[@BEARGUITARJAZZ]

Thank you,

[@ertankara6819]

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[@sallenb]

The LindQuartet i

[@Cafetería.salvaje]

Thanks!!

[@emeraldcrouch3606]

What ever happened to Chet, however despondent he may have been, he still had something incredibly beautiful inside. Thanks Chet , the tears are flowing.

[@Gurci28]

Chet Baker | The Life & Music of a Jazz Icon by Sam Braysher - Apr 1, 2022 One of the most famous jazz musicians of all time, Chet Baker was an iconic cool jazz trumpeter and singer. Source: Jazzfuel

[@jacquelinedesanctis7082]

I agree every time I hear him I feel closer to God and the tears flow He was a very beautiful man and soul.

[@cheri238]

🙏❤️🌍🎵🎶

[@denis4510]

Even in his latter years he was great - he makes me so sad. He just has that special sound and his vocals are brilliant. I listen to this and cry. I too have played some of the notes scotty has played.

[@BEARGUITARJAZZ]

Just listening My Funny Valentiine, the last great concert LP, crying my eyes out,

[@castingaround]

it brings me to tears too

[@TimBurtonTim]

He looks like he was getting in to meth!

[@dianamariamische5300]

Yes, I have seen Chet in Berlin , 4 weeks later, he died

[@fastguitars4380]

Looking at Chet's face, we discover that for him, the torture never stopped....wonderful, sublime, and lovely, is "jazz'".

[@amethgomez5367]

Sometimes you can see the young chet, its amazing becuase his style y and sound never died

[@waynej2608]

@@amethgomez5367 and, it never shall. This Ronnie Scott gig is freaking amazing. And, Van the man Morrison and Elvis Costello. Wow! 😎👍

[@shlarry3184]

The man lived a hard life. There are legends of fans coming to listen to him blow at the field of the Italian prison where he was sentenced for drug use charges towards the end of his life. To see him performing and looking this good with an entire band is a blessing.

[@patriciodasilva7902]

That's years of smack, for ya.

[@hankbannister]

Chet's birthday today. Impossible to imagine him with 86 years. Live fast, die young, become eternal.

[@MrJazzohjazz]

I heard Chet in the early 80's in Manhattan at Fat Tuesdays ... He played and sang beautifully. Between sets Chet sat down with my date and me and was very cordial, the conversation friendly and warm. Michel Legrand came in with his group and then Hal Galper dropped by ... Bud Shank showed up .... everyone jammed and the last set was memorable. It was a Wednesday night .... not as frequented as the weekend so management allowed us to stay for the three shows and served fried chicken. Armed Forces Radio recorded the second set. I felt fortunate to be there.

[@Manumanu-ul1qd]

Yes, indeed. Jazz is the music of demented old farts.

[@MrJazzohjazz]

@@Manumanu-ul1qd low life comment not worth a reply

[@dreamingwhales]

I'm 40 yrs old guy living in Korea and all my life I have always been listening to music, literally all kinds of music...jazz, classical, opera, afro-cuban, indian, you name it. But the first song of this DVD, Ellen David, is my absolute favorite. This is.... music that is expressed in the purest way I think. I owned the DVD but it is so nice to have this precious film on youtube so that I can listen to it whenever I want and I can recommend this beautiful piece to my friends easily. Thank you.

[@steve3439]

Entropy made audible. Like the beauty in a carved mountain worn away by the rivers and winds Chet is the space between the bars and the silence between the notes. He is timeless and part of the Universal Consciousness.

[@lorrainecleaver6792]

What an apt description,

[@philpiper]

What a wonderfully poetic comment, and spot on. Thank you.

[@guilhermemenezesdeoliveira9773]

i'm brazilian, currently living in argentina... I fell in love with jazz three years ago when I was 25. Chet´s version of Love For Sale is my favorite tune of his. For those who, just like me, do not have an extensive jazz culture nor knowledge of jazz history, I strongly recommend the documentary JAZZ by KEN Burns. Splendid PS.: Strasbourg St Denis - Roy Hargrove... just listen to it

[@mmmcosta]

The best documentary on Jazz!

[@trevor_mounts_music]

That documentary completely ignores the late 60's into the 70's, especially the fusion scene! Don't overlook Tony William's Lifetime, Return To Forever, and Azymuth (great band from Brazil). Really interesting stuff for your listening enjoyment!

[@guilhermemenezesdeoliveira9773]

@@trevor_mounts_music hey there, thanks a lot man!

[@jazzmo5893]

irmão, sou brasileiro também. 45 anos. ouço chet há uns 25. ouve tudo dele, brother. os primeiros discos dele, com ele cantando inclusive, são a bíblia da parada toda. old devil moon, por exemplo, é demais. hahaha. abs

[@diegoalfonso356]

argentinian here! we see the stars at same time everynight, cheers

[@libratebra3258]

true representative of jazz melancholy,Chet is truly one of the greatest

[@auroraborealis9911]

no one is ever gonna forget chet, jazz is back on the rise , everyone gon take you home brother . jazz talent and culture is springing up like zits on a youth , lol xxxx

[@obladi2011]

what I like most about Chet is his total commitment to the lyrical sound; vocal or trumpet. There lies his real and only personaity.

[@michaelchapman6466]

+albert kok Albert, I could not agree with you More!!

[@shawnbell6392]

When I have had a bad day I will often listen to Chet and just let the day evaporate. I have a Japanese friend in Tokyo who has said the same.

[@cheri238]

I could not pass this up. RIP ❤️ Chet Baker. Thank you for this artistry of Chet Baker.This is done with heartful memories. Furthermore, whoever filmed this had a great eye. The visuals are beautiful. The love for Chet lives on with his talent. There was only one Chet Baker. With the deepest appreciation and admiration for this. 🙏❤️🌍🕊🎵🎶

[@edwardgenet164]

I was playing my trumpet on the street in 88 when a man told me Mr. Chet Baker had...fallen like Autumn leaves ... just reminded me of him

[@barrypbeckett]

Chet Baker ploughs a uniquely individual furrow in the field of jazz. His trumpet playing is beautifully delicate and takes standard ballads into hitherto unexplored emotional territories. Here Chet is accompanied by Michel Grailler on piano and Riccardo del Fra on bass. Two of Chet's admirers also guest here: Van Morrison performs "Send in the Clowns," and Elvis Costello sings a medley including "The Very Thought of You," "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "I'm a Fool to Want You."

[@thecapetownpropertygroup5862]

Great late night driving music, atmospheric and tugs at the heart and lost memories

[@bobbyg601]

No wonder night driving is dangerous in SA

[@stevekatz4372]

When you look at his face, you can see a tormented soul! Great musician and a Tragic End! RIP

[@frederickhill7181]

You wouldn't be the Steve Katz ex Blood, Sweet & Tears?

[@frederickhill7181]

sorry Blood, Sweat and Tears

[@jeanettesteed3326]

Absolutely agree, one hundred percent. Wish I could have met him. What a guy.

[@BudgieFan101]

This is utter bliss. Chet you are missed.

[@luketube8351]

So much raw sound. So human. Makes me feel good to be alive.

[@josepheaton8137]

The first time ever I saw his face. He was pointed out to as Mr. McCoy Tyner was performing in Berkeley CA. The early 70’s. I met Nr. Chet Baker in Capitola CA in the mid 80’s. A true gentleman willing to chat with a stranger. He had been playing a lot in Europe. The beautiful energy of his life goes on forever. Archbishop Patriarch Joseph Eaton Th.D., D.D. Church of the East,

[@louise_rose]

Great show, very moving - I've watched this several times on dvd. Also, such a funny story by Chet at 22:05 about how he landed the gig with Bird - imagine a dim room full of all the best trumpet players in California and a voice on the intercom: "has Mr Baker arrived yet?" (most of the others probably just wondering "Baker who?") - and after Chet has played one track, the audition is declared to be over. HA! ;D

[@baniauxlinley8025]

The best jazz concert i've seen so far......MUCH LUV & RESPECT Mr BAKER ....wish u was still around but anyway will hold on to ur music until i stop to breathe R.I.P Brother

[@Crookthatsme]

Not a note to not believe. Everything felt. Real music. Forever will Chet be a favourite.

[@JoeCashFlow1BC]

I can just tell you I play this over and over. Its a classic to me.

[@michaeldumas4907]

man he could blow so softly and sweetly...unreal

[@JamesJones-i2v]

Chet is my favorite jazz artist. I wore my shirt of his today. Thanks for the upload

[@richardvandenberg6379]

Although Kind of blue is still my favorite album, Chet Baker is my favorite artist. One big regret is that I never got to see him preform, even while I lived next to Amsterdam. I was too young to understand his music then. I discovered him too late.

[@I-talk-about-tough-topics]

Sort of same here, I suppose. I used to work at the hotel in Amsterdam at which he often stayed before he moved on to the one at which he passed away. I was in my early 20s. I knew who he was, and I did sometimes listen to jazz (there was this 11-to-12pm show on Dutch radio, I think, or maybe it was after midnight; I don't remember what it was called), but it takes a while, I guess, before you really start listening to jazz, with more understanding. But back then, Richard, we also didn't have KZbin. These days, we can discover all sorts of wonderful talents that might have passed us by back then and we wouldn't even have known. I think I was always a bit more partial to Miles Davis and I suspect that it's related to the lack of sadness in his playing (also the purity of his notes). But I've only listened for a few minutes now and I'll listen to the rest later. I don't think I'd run into live video of Chet Baker before. I did go to lots and lots of concerts, mostly classical, and dance performances, mostly modern, in those days, and even unusual concerts at the Stedelijk etc, but somehow, I never made it to the Bimhuis. Weird, yeah. I think I know what you mean. Potdorie, Richard, ik keek hier nog even naar en ontdek vervolgens dat radio-presentatrice Meta de Vries een jazz zangeres was; ik betwijfel dat ik dat toen wist.

[@I-talk-about-tough-topics]

Ah, I really like his singing!

[@FabioFerriCiccio]

It's never too late to know Chet. Dear Richard van den Berg. Now I am 61, and luckily my father make me know him when I was a child. You know that Chet was also actor in many Italian Movies... but unfortunately, Italy, was also the Country where he was violently beaten, because in the early '60 heroin was not so usual. In my Country prisons our dear Chet was jailed, in Lucca Tuscany for less than 1 year. Chet was so handsome that was easy to be engaged in many black and white italian Films. That's why, a young 6 year's (old/young) child started admire a so sweet talented human person, and artist, as CHET BAKER was. Is. Still. Forever. And ever. Grazie Chet, di essere esistito. F@B.

[@chicobond89]

i can't even count the amount of times i've seen and played this clip on youtube in a very special moment in my life: my period of time when i was doing my masters five years ago. i used to listen into chet when i was doing my assignments and advances for the thesis. the only worry was to have was the approval of my teachers. just getting hooked up on studying and writing. this was a beacon of hope, inspiration and well being. i hope someday to visit amsterdam and pay my last respects to the last places he saw when he was alive, including the hotel he fell 33 years ago. such a tragic death. beautiful memories this music transports me into.

[@onelastniceguy]

There will not be another jazz assembly of such collective greatness in this world again as there was in this moment in time .. One of the many gifts the maestro Chet Baker left to this world.

[@nickg1601]

Quoting HIMSELF on 'Just Friends'. His ear was phenomenal and a tonal memory unmatched

[@MadlenDuval]

Awww thank you so much for this video in such a good quality. Chet is The Gift for those who appreciate elegant and exquisite jazz.

[@robertitorivasmontes4633]

Muchos lo criticaban por su forma de tocar, en especial miles davis.pero para mi los dos más grandes de la historia del jazz.

[@kevinbollinger2083]

This reminds me of an old friend, Bert Dahlender, who played drums with Chet occassionally. A fantastic drummer and person who is gone now.

[@dolfkellens5701]

my heart cries for this man

[@dennispope8299]

I just discovered this! How? Is this heaven? Absolutely beautiful! Thank you!

[@shlarry3184]

wut welcome to music guitar guy

[@davidsaborit5091]

Astonishing!!!. I never had heard this. What brilliant voices on trumpet while Van Morrison sings!!!. Thanks for sharing!!!.

[@alainjames9556]

A beautiful performance by Chet Baker. Beautiful sound. Beautiful trumpet line.

[@chuckwagon7354]

Same as I cannot speak Arabic, I cannot understand this form of Jazz. But I love to listen to it. I remember when I was very young listening to BBC Radio 2 on a small transistor radio late at night. Listening to this transports me back to then.

[@TheBobsie0]

jesus looks like van has the words written down on a piece of paper yet he can still deliver perfectly what a legend and chet absolutely genius

[@scottschwartz6973]

robert knight yes

[@tracymanning5024]

in James Gavins definitive book on Chet, 'Deep in a Dream', Chet was disgusted by Van's drunken performance and wanted him off the stage.

[@cultureman6593]

Life , man , jazz How can any other music can deliver this feeling we all feel

[@profileprofile7028]

I don't think I have been more captivated by a performance in a very long time. Bravo. Cheers. What an amazing gem. Wow.

[@BG-pd6os]

Picked this gem up on VHS for 1 dollar,will pick up the DVD now!

[@baguaboy11]

One of the all time classic jazz gigs ! So sad to think of the great club empty and locked down... damn this bloody virus !

[@fatfrreddy1414]

FOR "VIRUS", READ; GOVERNMENT!

[@marcelalovi6719]

Chet is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lalochina7786]

Raw soulful music since I was in 6th grade. Checked out his cd at the library and told my mom I missed placed it. The best thing that ever happen to me.

[@andreapetretti920]

All Chet has done is a masterpiece and hearing it is one thing, but seeing him live shows his great human depth and his love for music to the end of his life ... The first song with Elvis Costello I cried like a child, absolute masterpiece.

[@sordoff]

I think i've listened to this gig on CD a trillion times. It is marvellous in its entirety. I bought the CD a very long time ago because i was both intrigued by Van Morrisons appearance and curious to listen to their merging ... Both artists never let me down and I think that - whenever my time has come - this version of 'Send in the clowns' will guide me on my way out.

[@FabioFerriCiccio]

I hope you'll never way out.

[@erobinidcf]

What an artist ,what a Legacy I stayed in the hotel room where he died downtown Amsterdam ,near the train station. Eerily ,You can still feel him playing .. what a music legend ! DJEJ

[@beijinggods1]

I believe you..........❤

[@gardikagigih5704]

his trumpet sound is life

[@Pasqualejr11]

I’m 22 and I envy these people so much. I’d give all my money to see Chet live.

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤

[@petterk1945]

The greatest musician that ever lived on this earth - regardless of era or style. We haven't even started to realize what we ought tp be thankful for..

[@ralex3697]

petterk1945 Not the greatest but certainly great

[@petterk1945]

Robin Alexander one note from him - from heart to heart - is priceless 😍

[@johndoe-gp8zj]

@@ralex3697 Who is the greatest?

[@elkavlahovska8177]

I just love You Chet!

[@michaelwhalen7991]

Chet you are still the best ! Miss you RIP brother.

[@matteomosolo]

This is the first jazz video I recorded from tv on 2004-2005... I remember every note! Love for Sale: my favourite!

[@allenstone7518]

After years of recordings and online clips, I'm still listening.. A great musician and a sorry life.

[@92ninersboy]

Chet's solo on "If I Should Lose You", 23:30 min. WOW - it's so beautifully sculpted - the epitome of a melodic bebop solo. Chet glides through the chords, like the master that he is.

[@schwarzblatt]

+92ninersboy Thank you for the heads up. Amazingly graceful movement through the harmonic changes.

[@BEARGUITARJAZZ]

Absolutely correct, so damn good

[@jamieevans1890]

Can I add my total agreement to the above comments...I keep returning to Chet's solo in pure wonderment. Was going to add something nasty about Morrison and Costello's contributions but I won't...

[@Roh0io]

I come here everyday

[@kennyjeanful]

Such an amazing talent, One of the best trumpet players ever to inhabit this planet, such an emotional feel and beautiful tone, my favourite that's fo sho. So sad the dragon took him down.

[@alexmurray6515]

I always enjoy his music. Thank you, Chet!

[@BelaDuka]

Thanks for Sharing

[@nailtonlantyer]

Thank you, man. In this year complete thirty years that he passed. But he still between who like good tunes.

[@bernhard1954]

One of the greatest.

[@alvinop1]

Tragic life and fantastic music...love the music

[@vascharis]

Piano and bass are equally amazing! In love with their groove, like 35.00-45.00

[@kensterknig177]

Saw him at Ronnie Scotts in London 30+ years ago- the Embodiment of Soulful Jazz

[@angelesmoreno3127]

Maravilloso🤩😍

[@fridgeninjas]

"I can't stay there more than two weeks or I just go absolutely crazy." Thats the realest assessment of Oklahoma I have ever heard.

[@LifeisFUB]

I'm loving this. Too amazing! Thank you for posting.

[@bojanboskovic6744]

Maestro Chet - jazzy morning in Belgrade Blues City!

[@imbees2]

He used to be soooooooo handsome!!!! I can still the remnants in his face and his playing

[@thelmaschoen8980]

Yep. I remember what he looked like when I "discovered" him in the mid-fifties (I was in high school). I never saw him in person; but I had many recordings. Later, much later (I was probably early 40s)... I got to see Art Pepper at Pasquale's, a small jazz bar in Malibu, CA. He looked awful... so sad to see him that physically deteriorated... but he played sweet. He was totally there in his music. He was so far gone that he could only do one set. I was hoping to return when he played there again... but, he died shortly after the gig in Malibu. Rest in Peace, Sweet Man.

[@grahamessen736]

Loved this. For me this has the definative version of "Love For Sale". Special for me personally as this was my introduction to Chet.....superb

[@johnlindstrom9994]

Extremely musical bass player! Ricardo de la Fra? Amazing footage!!

[@Nanoci62]

The anecdote about Charlie Parker’s audition is absolutely STUNNING ❤️❤️❤️

[@thomassicard3733]

Stuff like that happens very often. It's called a "waiting in the wings" audition.

[@royhorologic1732]

He used to tell that story at the slightest hint! And who wouldn't?

[@Mariano-h3r]

Sensacional documento. Pura magia musical.

[@mhgraet]

"You don't know what love is" at 49:30 (Elvis Costello-vocals)... so sublime, great standard, beautifully interpreted. Wish I was at this concert.

[@michaelchapman4955]

Chet played & sang here from His bittersweet Jazz soul so tight & real.