So What - Chet Baker.

[@ronniekahn6941]

The first time I met Chet Baker, he was playing at a little neighborhood club called Strykers on 97th & Columbus Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He was coming back after years of an extended period of absence, having diligently devoted himself to re-learning to play trumpet with dentures, which everybody told him could not be done. But he persevered and prevailed, and this was one of his first comeback gigs. Awesome! I never heard any trumpet sound like that! I don't think it could ever be captured on a recording: So intimate tender innovative & personal...sometimes just whispering & breathing infinite silence space&timelessness into his trumpet...He just loved music & making music so deeeeeeeeeply & innately: just making the purest finest most beautiful sounds and blissful ethereal effects. Chet Baker was truly a great Maestro of the highest degree, a natural-born precocious musical genius like Mozart! During the break I came up to Chet to thank & enthusiastically congratulate him. In my over-enthusiasm I started telling Chet how much I also dug & admired & had been imitating his singing for years, and automatically went into my little imitation of him singing “I Wish I Knew” till I caught myself & felt embarrassed & silly & said,“Oh no! Here I am doing my Chet Baker imitation for Chet Baker!” He just smiled & said “You don't look old enough to remember that record.” (1955 LP called “Chet Baker Sings & Plays") He looked gaunt & emaciated, almost like a derelict. But his voice and manner were very polite mellow kind & refined, sensitive gentle very personable sweet good-natured & very likable, casual cultured & very well-bred. I asked him if he would sing during his second-set after the break. He thanked me for asking but apologized & explained why he really couldn't because he was working with just a bassist & drummer & no piano... He excused himself when his band-mates summoned him to prepare for their second set. There were just a few other people at that very small dimly-lit cellar club that night. My date was a nice girl who had the same last name as me though we were otherwise unrelated, I barely remember her, but we were both blown-away by Chet! When Chet came back from the break, he opened his set singing “Just Friends” Bless his heart! Still feels good that he honored my request & was singing just for me! His singing always kinda reminds me of Alfalfa from “Our Gang” I still listen to Chet's music almost every day now, often listening to him continually all day long, and when I try listening to something else for a change, I find myself missing his familiar soothing sound which is so much an integral part of me, I find myself unable to listen to anything else & hafta sink right back into that sweet fine&mellow transcendent celestial atmosphere he creates so effortlessly & endlessly... PS: I had given Chet my business card that night, and to my surprise & amazement-first thing in the morning--he called me! But that's another story for another time now...

[@gonzzoa4605]

+Ronnie Kahn Thank you very much for sharing your story! Man I feel exactly the same about his music, he was such a genius... his style was so natural and charming, and never too sweet. What happened when he called you?? Please tell haha

[@markdonohue7744]

Play on player

[@gabirusky.]

why did he called you? nice story thank you for sharing

[@yunhyeokchoi2004]

still waiting for the next one!

[@lailakhankhan90]

How lucky to have lived such a memorable experience. I perfectly understand that you can only listen to the greatest of them all, Chet - both his singing as playing the trumpet absolutely sublime as if coming from the heavens.. I am moved to tears listening to him, can never get enough either...

[@seattlevegas66]

This IS music. There is nothing like this today. Thank goodness for these memories. Greed has now overtaken art.

[@emo-sup-sock]

Jazz is alive and well. Both NY and London have *very* active jazz scenes doing excellent music. Try Emmet Cohen's trio: kzbin.info/www/bejne/innVgIGEZcx3g5o Or Moses Boyd: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bITPhZ6MabqAhqs

[@seattlevegas66]

By jove, I stand corrected!!! Thank you for the links. I have been following Emmet for quite some time, but have found little else. And with Samara Joy winning a Grammy, I sure hope there is a resurgence.

[@emo-sup-sock]

@@seattlevegas66 Give the London scene a shot! Nubya Garcia, Joe Armon-Jones, Shabaka Hutchings (his project, Shabaka & The Ancestors is marvelous), Binker & Moses, tons of good stuff! In fact, jazz is going through a sort of revival right now. It's much, much more popular now than it was 10 or 20 years ago.

[@HammnEggs]

There is a Jazz resurgence here in Los Angeles. Check out some of the new kids (Dillon Meeks, Tyler Hammond)

[@imbees2]

The presence, relativity, wonderful music of jazz never dies, no matter how old the recording is. Relevant today as it was back then in the 50s or 60s.

[@Girlboxingnow]

This version is sublime.

[@flavioferreira5924]

My grandfather was a trumpet player in a jazz orchestra in Lisbon that hosted Josephine Baker. When I was a child, he told me he had stopped playing because he had lost his teeth. He left me his trumpet, along with sheet music, but above all he instilled in me a taste for music. Later, a friend from my youth showed me Chet Baker records. Today I love this music more than ever.

[@nicomth55]

Chet baker too lost his tooth but he learned a second time how to play trumpet

[@flavioferreira5924]

​@@nicomth55 Yes, that´s impressive.

[@kirkfeather1]

Chet had a quality (among many) of being able -- one might almost say courageous or retrained/ patient -- to allow space into his solos. Lots of space. There are moments where he lets an incredible number of beats go by before he re-enters. It makes for an exquisite balance and "open air" feel to his solos. Many of his colleagues over the years felt a compulsion to play as many notes as possible in as short a time as possible, believing that's what makes a solo fantastic. Quite the opposite.

[@imbees2]

Chet played with the musicians, it was a flow, an unconscious beat amongst the musicians. That's jazz. They didn't "allow, balance or open air (whatever that means). Chet and his band mates played simultaneously their music, in concert and synchrony, with no mind or reason explanation. Thats how jazz musicians perform.

[@nyterpfan]

YES!! BEAUTIFULLY expressed--he had such a gift for being so effortlessly in the moment! Not one excess note--"elegantly sparse."

[@unSTEVOED]

I had never herd of Chet Baker growing up. Jazz is not big in New Zealand. However I found a CD of his in a bargin bin at a music shop in Wellington New Zealand. Brought it, went back to my Hotel Room, dropped some Acid and Listened to it for hours. It was AWESOME!

[@unSTEVOED]

..........put me and my mates in such a happy buzz!

[@glenrose7925]

Beautiful. Similar thing happened for with Erroll Garner on the beach in Sant Cruz, California. I dig Chet loke the most.

[@carltwidle9046]

You didn't need the acid to enjoy Chet Baker.

[@MrBongoagogo]

That's complete shite jazz is big in old nz

[@unSTEVOED]

@@MrBongoagogo Really? What venues / radio stations play jazz on the regular?

[@Ewerb7]

Almost 50 years old and still as fresh as ever! Jazz really does live!! Brilliant!!

[@SVANERT]

I loved Chet Baker, he is a genius.

[@saint_gales]

I love to listen to this "happier" side of his work, it's so refreshing

[@thehomingbeacon4410]

He showes a clear, simple and elegant phrasing. It is a fundamental teachig for all musicians. Thank you Chet!

[@imbees2]

Teaching fundamentals is teaching, playing the fundamentals in this way, is the genius of a person that understands the fundamentals inherently, doesn't have to think about them, and hears in his head the music he wants to project. And plays music that no one else ever thought of, while "teaching fundamentals"!

[@thehomingbeacon4410]

@@imbees2 I agree with you! In my language, "teaching fundamentals" Is different From "fundamental teaching". l should have said: " Basic teaching", referring to the elegance phrasing. Thank you for answer and for this opportunity to write (and revise) foreign lenguage!

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Chet on flugelhorn at this set in Belgium. He played in Europe more than here at home. Their gain, our loss, but we have these great recordings to listen to now, thanks to you for posting them!

[@ConDaddyPop]

It's been 3 months since I've found this gem. I just cannot get this piano solo out of my head ever since. Everything is so on point from all these cats

[@imbees2]

When somebody says, "these cats". I know. I know.

[@imbees2]

baby now!

[@ConDaddyPop]

@@imbees2 what’s needed?

[@Jose-SNSJC]

My son is 1 year old and 7 months, and he sleeps every day with Chet's music! He loves it!!

[@kymlawrence6701]

Chet was "Cool Player"! Real soul! RIP Chet! Thank you for the wonderful music you left behind!

[@carltwidle9046]

I love Chet Baker. He's the greatest Jazz musician of all time.

[@bebacci]

Listening this on my terrace with a whiskey after a hard work on Sunday. Heals the wounds in an instance.

[@iamyodaok]

Chet Baker will always be Poetic and Haunting!

[@JohnKittlesen]

Bass player is wonderful!

[@coryholland1811]

Very cool. Chet's note choice and time as always is impeccable.

[@playonkorg]

When I hear Chet playing , it seems he plays a story , so much to say and still I dont know the whole story and each time I discover more. It must be an endless book

[@alansenzaki4148]

I remember i saw chet in san francisco in the mid- eightees. I've loved his artistry all my life...i remember walking into the club and sitting down front and center. When he started playing i was stunned by his sound. I dont think it has ever been captured on a recording. It was the most beautiful sound i had ever heard!

[@joesprinter8202]

Terrific playing by Rene, in fact by all. Some of the best jazz I've heard...It hits the parts that others can't reach..

[@imbees2]

This group got it going on, I must say.

[@SVANERT]

Astonishing talent we need jazz clubs again!!!!

[@somedude8403]

One of my Top three trumpet players that I can listen to everyday

[@jaimegonzalez1163]

UrMomsHusband other 2?

[@Faustomollini]

I would guess Miles Davis and John Coltrane

[@somedude8403]

Jaime Gonzalez, Woody Shaw and Wynton Marsalis. Next would probably be Maynard Fergusons big bad.

[@malcorub]

Coltrane played the Sax!

[@dividad1]

Oh my lord Coltrane did not play the fucking trumpet. Get learned on your jazz boy

[@nyterpfan]

Chet was just so..."there." I don't know how else to describe it! He was never a screecher wailing away....no need to do ANY of that! I can't think of any jazz artist that was just so effortlessly in the moment. Nobody quite like him before or since!

[@margarida179]

Maravelous CHET! Trussardi is fantastic too! I love bass!

[@rtermanini]

Wow....what a classic!!!! Chet is awesome...the fluglehorn is so sad....but he is great...wherever you are God bless you...

[@alfredoremus4409]

Chet Baker un enorme referente de la trompeta en el Jazz!

[@drZZhed]

Excellent! J’avais vu Chet Baker à Paris en 1986, inoubliable. Mention spéciale ici à René Urtreger.

[@marsmarv]

Wow, never heard this version before and it rocks big time!

[@ollie2244]

They're locked in. I could listen to these four men for an eternity and not get bored. Each one brings something to the table.

[@deboromelo5703]

Fantástic magic and cool when Chet Baker played. .genial. Manaus Amazonas Brasil.

[@azarnaimian]

Ein absolutes "must" für Jazz-Freund oder der es werden will. Chet Baker ist der Großmeister des soften Jazz. Erotisch, traurig und inspirativ. Keiner konnte es bisher besser. Es ist wie klassische Musik, man kann es immer hören.

[@michaelvogt-gitarre9096]

Du sprichst mir aus dem Herzen, keiner konnte es bisher besser... Danke You don't know what love is.... sogar ganz besonders....

[@keithbewick1464]

chets music will always be with us

[@pauldance7387]

I can listen to Chet for hours at a time “ Funny Valentine “ in Japan my favorite.

[@ghart56]

ditto

[@leevickers666]

This is so cool,can see why my dad was so into jazz

[@chetnet]

Thanks so much!!! A gem!!! So grateful for these rare videos of Chet!!!

[@baileyayyy5085]

my boy chet always dropping bangers

[@LudwolfBeethozart1485]

Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker and Louis Armstrong... greatest jazz trumpeters ever

[@gregcarleton1118]

Kenny Dorham?

[@dulcelinanavas666]

Chet Baker. Só Whate. Como sempre, Maravilhoso !

[@JaRou1953]

What a great version of "So What" by Chet, also dutch Jacques does a fine job on the sax annd Rene on the piano... lsitenend for the ? time, again and again. Fine JAZZ..

[@suesatterthwaite5442]

He is an unbelievable musician!

[@jensknappe2485]

Very nice tune. Of course Chet's trumpet is warm and goes under the skin. But René Urtreger , Luigi Trussardi and Franco Manzecchi play skillfully too.

[@gastonbluesman6705]

Is Jaques Pelzer in Sax !!

[@imbees2]

for sure, the other musicians are on the money, skillful. and in tune

[@rtermanini]

wow...this is climax in jazz...what a beat! RIP Chet

[@nicolasmorais2709]

thats probably my favorite live ever

[@Smoothways]

What Chet is playing at the beginning is just so unique. He was so much ahead of his time. He always had other ideas. But I guess you can tell his focus has already gone a bit due to the drug use. However his timing was still immaculate and this is all that matters. Why was Keith Richards so great? Because he was never rushed, not as a teenager, nor as a Grandfather.This is the most imporant lesson in life - dont ever let anything rush you., whether in music, sports (tennis is one best example), love, business life. And those who expressed this and entertained that way stood out - at least to me.

[@celebrityauthor7942]

+Axel Baumgarten people are always in a rush to get nowhere, the above is such an important piece of wisdom.

[@dodec8449]

+Axel Baumgarten thanks for this comment

[@luizmarcondesmusica]

yeah I get my wisdom from random strangers on KZbin. Seems like the sensible thing to do.

[@dodec8449]

so?

[@nmontenegro4627]

Perfect words!

[@sethusekhar]

This song is on the fine "Chet Baker Live in '64 & '79" Jazz Icons DVD. The '64 session recorded in Belgium; '79 session in Norway.

[@TheXynos7]

Le grand Chet Baker, le James Dean, le Rimbaud de la trompette, l'ange annonciateur comme l'ange à la trompette de Fra Angelico . Oui la musique du beau Chet est sacrée, son souffle est sacré car c'est aussi sa vie qu'il souffle avec ses blessures , ses amours, ses joies, son mouvement de vie . Ne pas oublier aussi sa voix, unique, androgyne, sensuelle, romantique , pleine de douceur déchirante, cotonneuse, qui ressemble tellement au timbre de sa trompette. Sa voix et sa trompette ne font qu'un comme deux gouttes d'eau qui se fondent en une . LA MEME ÂME. LE MËME FEU DE CHAQUE JOUR. Il vient de loin ce vent cuivré chargé d'une musique universelle, ce coeur gonflé d'amour. Une caresse pour l'âme, Un baume pour l'esprit. Elle vient de loin cette voix, cette source de vie de l'enfance éternelle. Il vient de loin ce silence habité, cette fragilité pleine de force d'amour, ce feu sans artifice, ce feu de l'origine, cette astre sonore, et, comme toute voix sacrée, elle continuera de briller encore longtemps pour nous monter la voie, la seule qui vaille et que chacun à sa mesure doit trouver dans son propre mystère d'être au monde. Bien à vous. Patrick Geffroy Yorffeg

[@jacqueshogge1608]

Je découvre ce jour votre commentaire et le partage pleinement. Magnifique trompettiste qui interprète ici un morceau d'au autre monument Miles Davis

[@jeromeglorie8355]

Impressive. Strange that they forgot to name the saxophonist at the end : Jacques Pelzer, who plays a very inspired tune.

[@mrpeel3239]

I really liked Pelzer's solo. A master of his instrument.

[@beerybill]

During the early 1960s I lived and worked in Naples, Italy. I recall Chet Baker being deported. Later, while on holiday in Paris, I learned he was playing at a club, the name of which translated into something like the fishing cat. He was playing flugelhorn. The only other musicians were a drummer and trombone player. After the first tune the drummer split. Then a duet with Chet subbing with brushes on a piano stool. Then the trombone player split and Chet shortly after. I finished my beer and likewise split.

[@jamesconnors5653]

Mr. Baker's horn "dirty" horn is a nice contrast to the rest of the performance. Thank you for this.

[@michaelknapp8961]

I would love to go to a club and sip A cocktail and listen to good jazz like this. Chet Baker could sing too. Sad he got into drugs later on in life.

[@paulkossak7761]

I know Mile's liked Chet and often played with him. The epitome of west coast cool.

[@yysmac9852]

Thank you V for reminding us not to forget these beautiful music. BTS forever.

[@contactkeithstack]

really like this group. and the recording very even and low vibe.

[@Diogenes1360]

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

[@fidget368]

what a great film,never knew chet recorded this,lovely bit of jazz,thanks for the upload.

[@camellot0196]

So What... fantastic!

[@imbees2]

Home boy on the piano, got it going on big time!!!!

[@samuelcastor8681]

VERY VERY COOL WHAT A TALENT!

[@orionsbeltjazz6601]

Et dire que cette version a plus de 50 ans, quelle belle leçon, avec en plus CHET au bugle.

[@imbees2]

oh yeah, this is bomb Chet~~~

[@ArchiveTremendous]

The drummer with those kicks!!!! LOVE IT!!!

[@wadesharp11]

Love the Sax player, wow..All the muzo’s here a fantastic👌🏽👍🏾🎸🎶🥇

[@desigrrl08]

What a ride! Surf and glide!

[@Delfidash]

nice theme ..Perfecto All Together piano and sax and flugelhorn and bas ...thanks !!

[@thanasisKrispis]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jakehostetler900]

Thats got to be one of the coolest sax solos Ive ever heard

[@volkerball8]

I think that this music has to return to this generation

[@jk9623]

Smooth trumpeter 🎺

[@frankliyonelyndaleciopered7380]

is great chet baker wonderfull video

[@HawkAmExpat]

At any point in time--which is to say, eternity--jazz will continue to evolve and become something real and moving and compelling, as it always has. That's the nature of jazz. So Louis Armstrong wasn't hip to what Charlie "Bird" Parker laid down? A ton of ragtime musicians didn't dig what Louis Armstrong played, either. At the end of the day, Chet Baker's music, like his version of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, will outlive us all. Friskonuet, thanks for posting this. RIP, Chet Baker.

[@Ali-uz4jc]

PURE 🔥 🔥🔥🔥

[@alalapublishing4762]

thanks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, beautiful!

[@JaRou1953]

@Friskounet Thanks for the up-load , play it again and again, love Chet, special old film of him. lekkere jazz!!! (dutch)

[@Diogenes1360]

For quiet sitting in meditation No need for a place by a mountain stream; When the mind is entirely extinguished Even the fire is cool and refreshing.

[@ВиталийМураневич]

Очень интересная версия so what, думаю что Майлс очень внимательно относился к творчеству Чета. Здесь настоящий cool, Майкл играл эту вещь в стиле модального джаза.Мне например эта версия нравится больше.

[@imbees2]

so what!!! Chet be playing. and others.

[@Nepartinis]

I like this tune very much :) Thanks for sharing.

[@elvilopez.-1568]

🎶🎵🎼🎼🎵🎶⭐⭐⭐⭐✨✨✨🌈🌈🌈🌈😘😘😘💚💚💚 Excelsos , Magníficos Músicos !!!!!! #ChetBaker #SoWhat #JAZZ 🎶🎼🎵🎺🎷🎷🎹🎺🎹

[@e-cuauhtemoc]

Ooooh wow! This is gold!

[@Marcoamll]

Espetacular!

[@buska100]

Really Love this, Great Vibe Great Playing

[@theneovas1]

buska100 ,

[@youssouphafall6966]

magnifique infiniment Top

[@DigitalFortress7220]

Smooth as smooth can be...

[@RelentlessGamer]

Thinking of you dear Dad, remembering how much you loved Chet.

[@farastray1]

Mine too. Here's that rainy day was his favorite.

[@dcbac180485]

The purest jazz

[@bythealphabet]

love Jazz love being allone love playing the guitar love love and so what!!!

[@Floogahl]

OMG, My favorite Miles Davis piece played by my favorite trumpet player, how didnt i fin this earlier?

[@miyongejercitosantosphilli842]

unique trump3t sound so cool relaxing

[@rosemarywatson1231]

Didn't know much about Chet Baker, but I saw the movie with Ethan Hawke and got curious. His voice is so magical. You would never guess what kind of life he led from that voice.

[@jpa1214]

This is really good. Very nice surprise

[@cristianvargasmiquel777]

¡¡ BRILLANTE ¡¡¡

[@mondodave]

Jacques Peltzer was a well known European pharmacist, addict, and jazz musician. They all used to stay with him, and he provided Chet with all the cutting edge narcotics he could get his hands on...

[@imbees2]

Trumpet, you are close on the money playin Miles Davis. I'm impressed.

[@nukesanohe]

マイルスのso what(いっぱいあるけど...)はよく聞くけど、これはこれで味があっていい。

[@EdwinCastillo25]

GENIOS!

[@zentaitothbela]

SO WHAT , Kivételesen ez egy feltűnően érdemes feldolgozás.

[@carlosdavalos4316]

All I can say is, Wow!"