Chet Baker & Paul Bley - Diane (1985)

Tracklist:
A1 If I Should Lose You 0:00
A2 You Go to My Head 7:16
A3 How Deep Is the Ocean? 14:18
A4 Pent-Up House 19:37
B1 Everytime We Say Goodbye 23:34
B2 Diane 31:29
B3 Skidadidlin' 37:02
B4 Little Girl Blue 41:16

[@laslatty1016]

I met Chet when we both attended. El Camino College in Carson, California, ...we just clicked....he as the teacher and I as the student....he taught me everything that I know about quality contemporary music....and even though to this day I cannot read a note of music..I have had a successful career as a session musician for 35 years ( even played with Bird and Diz at an Open mic session at Birdland back in the 50s) He got me my first gig with the Shelly Manne group in North Hollywood at a. Joint called Sorrentino’s. I was with him in Toronto just weeks before his passing and he was playing so well...everything was working and coming together. I miss him so much every day my life.

[@Ripplebip]

I wish I could be you. Or, should you ever be where I am and I am there with you, maybe I could shake your hand. Music is the only only only thing that is pure. I am glad that you are you!

[@franzitaduz]

Las Latty Thanks for sharing such a positive experience of Chet. He was not only gifted musically, but as I heard him speak in beautiful Italian about music, a fine mind sparkled through. I am so sorry that his choices robbed him, and us of more, but evidently, he finally pulled it together and left at his best peak in mature years......

[@no_I_dont_my_real_name_on_yt]

Do you know how he felt about his sound changing after his teeth were replaced? Did he ever mention anything about it? I love his later recordings because I can hear a difference in his tone, and it reminds me how he fought to relearn his embouchure and embrace his passion while battling his addiction.

[@paulfogartysongs]

wow that is amazing. What a blessing.

[@megmc9644]

I had no idea he had ties with CA! Well done!

[@salaryman6095]

Chet plays the loneliness in a way that keeps you from feeling lonely

[@thomassicard3733]

Umm. Yeah. Chet is my favorite. I feel like somebody gets me.

[@berndthiel613]

" We all sleep alone " ! Cher

[@TiffanyT-LaDolceVita]

🙏❤️

[@laslatty1016]

I am 82 years old now...and so far ...after all these years I have not heard anything better than this ( maybe Miles “Love Songs”)...Chet’s playing was so lyrical....in hindsight ..it could‘nt last.....it was too good to be true.!!

[@hamidmusik7691]

Las Latty wow i want your view

[@gee3883]

Great comment Mr

[@HamalonHamilton]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKTJnYiXe9uHlZY Sir try to listen this phenomenal polish trumpeter. Stańko. Hi also has something unusual in his sound.

[@sal2200]

@@HamalonHamilton Tomasz Stanko was a fabulous trumpeter, he was able to squeeze raw emotion through the horn, that I believe is the something special you speak of... and yes the great Chet Baker did this as well.... more emotion than notes

[@hetmanjz]

@@HamalonHamilton ECM Records and their producer Manfred Eicher put together a lovely "tombeau" in memory of Stańko, drawing from a number of the albums he recorded with them. "Remembering Tomasz Stańko" is a splendid compilation of the Polish trumpeter's work from the later chapters of his career. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYCtZX6Ar55qrtE

[@iliasmetalworks]

You can not choose jazz, jazz chooses you.

[@improcat1]

A lot of truth in that.

[@Volvograd8000]

Very insightful

[@boogerbrains138]

🙄🙄

[@gbburlingame]

Through many years, listening to Chet Baker has given me a special kind of peace and appreciation for the particular pleasure that comes with hearing his beautiful music.

[@dreamink1741]

Chet Baker ladies and gentlemen. What would we be without him.

[@jorgequeipul]

This really makes me feel calm, especially in those lonely nights when I feel overwhelmed by life, these songs really help me to carry on when I feel unmotivated and sad, thanks Chet.

[@denistremblay8029]

Chet Baker dont play the instrument, he sing with his soul.....With any other trumpeter we listen to the virtuoso and to the trumpet.... With Baker there is no more trumpet playing, only a soul touching song.... There is no difference when he sing with his voice or with the trumpet, even when is voice is desintegrating....And it is a big mystery than a voice which at times can sing no more still touch the soul with so much force.....The soul of Chet Baker did not die even after so much drug abuse.....And after the lost of his teeth he resurrect himself on another level, more touching of the soul than ever....His last albums are no less heart breaking....I like many other musician on the trumpet, but not one can make stones shed tears but him.....He is on a league of his own..... i think the only other jazz artist that touch me on the same level is Bill Evans who dont play the piano so much but make a singing that tilt the heart like Chet....Bill Evans is in the same boat on the sea of pure art....Forgetting all written biographies about them, are they not obviously 2 separated twin brothers from the same unknown father?

[@Drivehead103]

Discovered my love of jazz music in 2016 at about 50 years of age and purchased about 100 jazz albums including some Chet Baker but this is...... Well, I just can't find the words.

[@corahackmann9539]

Me neither.I listen.Being happy..

[@danthemansmith6095]

So wonderful…..where did all the good things go that inspired so many people to produce such incredible music as this….? Those were the days…..thank you for sharing this great album with all of us.

[@thomassicard3733]

The 'good things' are still here, but... The music industry is basically controlled by 3 companies. They all basically just shove worthless, formulaic pop music down the throats of pre-teens (they generate the most income). Stuff like this is for the listener who has been exposed to much broader horizons.

[@marimbadearco]

@@thomassicard3733 thanks. KZbin does suffer from a "oh, music was so so much better when I was young" syndrome. But also the consolidation of the industry has hurt art tremendously.

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

Long before I became a professional singer/ musician, Chet Baker touched my soul in the third person as it were. As a very young schoolboy, I was walking home past a cottage in Margate, Natal South Africa. A trumpeter with of one of the resident bands in town was playing 'My Funny Valentine'. I could`nt help myself, I had to find out where that beautiful song came from. That trumpeter introduced me to Jazz, the trumpet, and Chet Baker. So began a musical journey that has lasted a lifetime. Thank you Chet for all the wonderful music.

[@thomassicard3733]

A lifetime, thus far, as a professional pianist and major symphony French hornist... So, retired for French horn, I buy a trumpet. In the jazz world, Chet is my idol.

[@simmjz5738]

what a talent and great passion ,timeless excellence that is seldom heard today!

[@laslatty1016]

He would sometimes complain that his chops got sore....but he understood that it was something that he had to live with. He was very wary of strangers....very wary of people he did not know......we would sit around a lot and talk about the early days in LA with he involved with cats like Shorty Rogers and Art Pepper and Bud Shank and Hampton Hawes and Shelly ......also Bill Holman and Bob Cooper. All I have left now are faded memories and his beautiful, beautiful music.

[@ronscott5758]

Las, you have so more of Chet than so many of us here do. He barred his soul to you. You should write about those sessions you had. I've been listening to Chet for the last 3 hours...it's only 1:30 PM here in Wisconsin and I feel so much like having a good shot of Cutty Sark. Rest in Peace, Chet. Love you man.

[@cdniracer]

thanks for sharing memories......I bet he met many skunks in the music biz hence the wariness

[@tctc2470]

Las, please share more. It is wonderful to hear your memories.

[@DBMe33]

🎶🙏🎶✌🎶

[@bernardomedina5943]

Mr. Las Muchas Gracias for sharing some of your recollections of times spent with Chet. Chet Lives!

[@belladachshundwienertales2310]

Feeling melancholic for all those nights when I was 18 and stayed over at somebodys place, couldnt sleep and listened to this in Amsterdam, magical! Wishing I could bring that all back!

[@JSlackArt]

Love this record, brings me back to my early 20's his version of you go to my head is transcendent. Truly a gift!

[@josecortesrolembergfilho6783]

VOILÀ UN MUSICIEN, QUI DE SON VIVANT, N'A PAS RÉÇU L'OMBRE D'AUCUN SUIVEUR !!! MALGRÉ SON ADDICTION POUR LA COCAINE, SON CERVEAU A SURVECU, DE FORME MAGNIFIGUE...!!! JE PARLE AUTANT QUE PROF. DE NEUROLOGIE. BRAVO ET MERCI POUR CETTE AUDIO!!! DIRECTEMENT DE SALVADOR-BAHIA... L'AUTOMN BAT SON PLEIN... !!!

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

Чет говорил на языке музыки!одинокий,красивый ангел !джентельмен Чет!я люблю ваши звуки !❤❤❤❤

[@alexanderkoch3342]

Chet Baker doesn't have that beautiful voice but it touches me, the whole construction is that beautiful. It makes me get along better with myself.

[@thomassicard3733]

Excuse me. He DOES have "that beauriful voice". Were you confusing him with someone else?

[@danielp.gordon4700]

I have listened Chet since my childhood, now I'm 24, and believe me it gets better every day!

[@fetengineer9151]

My father (a USAF pilot) was stationed in Germany in the early 1960s. He was at the Officers Club one night and who walks in "Chet Baker" he plays a few standards with the house jazz band and leaves.

[@rodparisst]

Thank you, Chet, for all the beautiful music you gave us when alive, and continue giving it to us thanks to technology. You were, and remain, one of the greatest jazz musicians.

[@samschoenbaum6284]

Makes one believe in the timelessness of beauty..

[@tomaszkuczminski2947]

Piano-man did so many great work in this record. Kopenhagen city was so inspiret to Chet and other musiacans. In my opinion this album is like a perl of deep winter part of Chet Baker's live. I feel his pain, his destruction in all of this preety cool jazz songs. Album seems like enigma code, made for inteligent people.

[@kenti2400]

This is such a beautiful album, it's like waking up from a dream and still remembering the lingering memories of the sweet images you just woke up from......

[@emmanuelninomendoza5682]

El actor sabe que está actuando, es feliz, cumple con su papel, sabe que es un personaje, sabe que es una obra, pero, es feliz, sabe que debe terminar, pero, es feliz.

[@finnlarsen1361]

Chet Bakers music goes straight to the heart. The tone of the trumpet and his voice has a very special color and beauty.

[@josetomascisneros2367]

Que gran pianista es Paul Bley. Salud!

[@circleshaepe5525]

Paul Bley is great too!

[@guillermogonzalez6346]

Hace muchos años nos reuníamos con un amigo a escuhar LP de jazz y cuando escuchábamos algo tan hermoso como estos temas decíamos que al oir esta música "uno se sentía más bueno".

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤❤❤🌹

[@tlm8436]

There is so much beauty in Chet's music. I love the peace it brings to my soul. All tension is released when listening.

[@JGlassy]

An absolute master of expression and touch. Each note counts. When I pick up my trumpet, I think of Chet.

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤

[@flyingdragon8785]

Sitting alone in the park in the middle of nowhere. This is just perfect. RIP Mr Baker

[@susiwong3901]

Chat Bakers Trompetenspiel und auch seine Stimme sind so gefühlvoll, wie ich es niemals bei Jemanden gehört habe. Es berührt mich sehr. Wunderbar!!! 🎄🎄🎄

[@vronski59]

I'm in isolation and this is just what I need to remain emotionally calm, yet alert and aware. Thank you Chet.

[@MrLPMT]

Me too.... this makes me thinking about my dad. He brought me here to this world. Listen to this makes me emotionally calm. Thanks Dad, thanks Chet!

[@rogerm2420]

Ron van der Holt yes that’s it👍

[@ufcayr8120]

Me too...all the best to u and stay safe. From Casablanca ✌🙏

[@christopherblackwell8717]

I feel you. Great music. Been listening to it a lot lately too

[@NicolasGonzalez-it2bv]

Its quarentine. Not isolation why would you isolate yourself?

[@donatellobellomo6641]

Tanta bellezza può riuscire dolorosa. Ma lascia senza parole, è commozione pura.

[@pog332chi]

I would have loved meeting Chet Baker. His playing was so personal, internalized and distinct...maybe because he could also express his music with his singing with that unique phrasing and honesty. He was expressive without having to make a point of it.

[@TheRoiderien]

Chet created a unique beauty that the world will never see again. You really have to listen closely to perceive his full genius, and not many people, especially in this age, are likely to do so; there's so much subtlety in his playing. BTW, I think one reason his playing and singing are so good is that that they are essentially the same; he used his instrument the way the best singers use their voice. I think the trumpet became an extension of his body. Not many musicians can reach that level.

[@user-dx7we2xd3u]

それにも非常に本当にどっさりと進めて簡単にすれば東京メトロポリタンテレビジョンTOKYO MX様などが思いきってミディアムな試験電波発射音楽などを流してくれますよ。だから忘れませんよね。ワクワクしてきますよ。天晴れですよ。

[@nancyanolan]

Chris Boti

[@taibiservent]

yeah so tasteful notes that were carefully selected w/the right delivery...blessed by the creator... no other reason

[@thomassicard3733]

Agreed.

[@thomassicard3733]

@@nancyanolan hmmm... I guess I need to listen to MUCH more Botti. So far? Nah.

[@ricardolupercio6698]

Cada ves que escucho a chet me emociona hasta las lágrimas me hace vibrar hasta las raíces. recuerdo a mi padre cuando tocaba su tromoeta. Gracias Chet.

[@CarlosGonzalezSirCharles]

Ricardo, a mi me ha pasado eso muchas veces. Ahora escuchando" Everytime we say goodbye", una vez más, ha vuelto a suceder. ¡Vaya dos músicos! y no es que vaya a descubrirlos yo ahora, je, je.

[@manueljonasparrinesbaez1523]

Que gran sensibilidad. Como dices. Gracias Chet.

[@kk-om5zm]

I am a heavy metal fan( Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth...ect.... Some times i like to enjoy the Beatles, R.Stones..... But this is amazing.......what can i say.....what can i say........?

[@veriteri32]

You can say you are open-minded! I, too, enjoy many genres!

[@harpothehealer]

Chat spoke directly in his music seems to capture your attention in the first breath, the first note. 11 years ago now had to give up being a jazz sax player through injury. I listen to Chet but I can't listen too often because his touch is almost too real to me, but the complement I pay him that he gets right into my soul. Wonderful player. I use to play 'Moon and Sand ' a lot and first heard it done by Chet. Thanks for upload

[@improcat1]

This is just such a beautiful recording. Those who think Chet was all washed up musically in his later years are obviously not really listening. Love his later stuff, even the singing. He was in great form live in Tokyo shortly before he died.

[@HoggKevin]

I believe his latter recordings and playing are Chet showing his inner beauty and soul - a simple defence of his life.

[@MikhnevichNatalya]

❤

[@gracegiampa1905]

Reading all the comments is like reading a poetry book. Chet's music seems to bring out the poet in his many listeners. I especially related to the one who said he wouldn't dare go back and listen to these albums until certain memories were processed and at peace.

[@TheFigureAPoemMakes]

Incredible. So much pain, joy and love rolled into one. How something without words can be so descriptive is always astounding to me. Miss you Chet (and thank you)

[@juanandreazza4873]

During many mornings while I have breakfast and write some reflections, I play Chet's music. I'm from Argentina, music is universal

[@caio56230]

isso me levou pra uma dimensão que eu nem vivi através da música

[@nelsonegidio6540]

No exist jazz without Chet. Rest in peace, Great Chet Baker.

[@joyce7193]

Please, join him and make this world a better place.

[@nelsonegidio6540]

@@joyce7193 i will,yes..some day...and you too,if you'r not Immortal!

[@edwarddesenne6153]

A gentle caring touch and beautiful clarity of tone and expression in his heart, playing with a melancholic streak like Stan Getz and Paul Desmond

[@claussaunte2303]

Yeah, only better than both Stan And Desmond!

[@thejazzquestion3708]

En contadas ocasiones se da tal empatía entre dos intérpretes. Los dos exponen a una altura que pocos logran. La visión de ambos con respecto a cómo conducirse en los temas es simplemente magistral. No hay alharacas ni florituras. Melodía, sentimiento, percepción. Sin palabras.

[@CarlosGonzalezSirCharles]

Sí, sí,sí....¡impresionante!

[@diane_2023]

This is so beautiful! I haven't seen it before today... Love Chet Baker. 🥰🥰🥰

[@milotaboada4146]

Un duo profundo, lleno de clase, de dolor, de un sentido musical original, capaces de emocionar en los primeros acordes. Esto es lo que le falta al jazz de hoy. Una balada plena de ternura, de corazón abierto a un pasaje super sensible. Chet y Paul están en la memoria colectiva del jazz.

[@louislorenzi-prince3842]

I can't understand why jazz and "classical" (Baroque, Viennese, Romantic, Modern) are the least popular genres in music today; 1.5% each. In these crazy times, I find this music the most enjoyable.

[@PK-re3lu]

Did not know it was so low... That said, a lot of the quality people are listening :)

[@marianacastro5873]

horses for horses or one might say horses for courses louis!

[@Tizohip]

the mid I.Q. range is about 100 '-' the most part of world population, people with 140 or more I.Q. are 0,05%

[@wallakoombay]

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” kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3vHlmtsqq6GrJI Alfalfa reminds me of Chet, because he sings all-out every moment! Every note and every word with all his heart and soul! And he always tends to be bravely out-singing and tenaciously overcoming all obstacles and adverse circumstances. And he tends to struggle to stay on key on the high notes: barely making it by sheer force of will! Bravo Alfalfa! Bravo Chet! 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...

[@areirving]

Tell us about his calling the next morning, please. These little bits of history offer a wonderful insight into this wonderful and troubled man.

[@lastknowngood0]

Alfalfa from our gang? Geeez I cant wrap my brain around that Sir?

[@wallakoombay]

Alfalfa reminds me of Chet, because he sings all-out every moment! Every note and every word with all his heart and soul! And he always tends to be bravely out-singing and tenaciously overcoming all obstacles and adverse circumstances. And he tends to struggle to stay on key on the high notes: barely making it by sheer force of will! Bravo Alfalfa! Bravo Chet!

[@fernandeltoto]

Entre os melhores discos já gravados até hoje. Suave, melancólico com Chet Baker magnífico e Paul Blay soberbo. Tudo é econômico, sem excessos e pleno de emoção. Como disse aqui Juan Carlos De Rus num ótimo comentário: a alma agradece.

[@LutianoEryckson]

How can I miss someone I never knew?

[@foj56]

ahoguemos el llanto de nuestras almas con las consoladoras notas de Chet

[@laslatty1016]

Just one more bit of trivia....I was doing a gig in Anaheim, Calif when I heard about his accident the day after he died. I completed the gig...then I took all my stuff (keyboards etc etc) to the local pawn shop and sold EVERYTHING....AND I MEAN EVERYTHING!! .....and walked away from playing live ever again. It’s been 31 years....and have never touched a keyboard since that day....never played a note. To me it all ended then...it was over then. Now at 83 years ...I have the memories and beautiful music such as this to get me by each day!

[@sal2200]

it's not too late to share your music on stage... and it would be a great tribute to Chet!

[@franktabata5530]

Man you gotta play again. Do as Chet said: “Opt for beauty” play for joy.

[@jazura2]

Oh that's sad. It's time now to return to playing.

[@feliasalim7044]

You must play again in his honour

[@TremendousSax]

That's such a bizarre reaction. Why'd you give up performing just because Chet died? I don't understand the casual chain there

[@troyjenkins5474]

Wish I had more time to sleep Very relaxing

[@lavendergilly5843]

You ever obsessively listen to an album, like it's playing in your soul on repeat and hearing it out loud somehow confirms how you feel?

[@ninuchela4432]

C'est simplement incroyable, touchant et profond. Ça fait voyager.

[@claussaunte2303]

Chet was such a lovely and humble musician, but his tone is unmistacable and wonderfull, Allways loved him!

[@philippefontainas482]

To me this record and the sessions in the Montmartre in Copenhague with NHOP and Doug Raney are amongst the best things I've heard from Chet and overall in jazz... Intimate moments of sublimity

[@Videocommunicator]

Up to this day, I have heard much more album stuff by Miles Davis than by Chet Baker. I did not not know much about Chet's recordings. And now I'm really overwhelmed by the beauty of this album! Incredible how well they both, Chet Baker and Paul Bley, play and "blend" together. A treasure... Thanks!

[@dornimauge9337]

One of the differences between Miles Davis and Chet Baker for me is: Miles Davis is and was an outstanding musician... but Chet ... brought me to tears ...

[@Danukki2005]

They are not to compare in there work and in their meaning to us.

[@dornimauge9337]

@@Danukki2005 Nobody does "compare" nor i ...

[@dornimauge9337]

@@Danukki2005 Who compares?

[@user-dn8jx5zn8x]

потрясающий дуэт двух замечательных романтиков !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ChatterjeyDa.AabeerDa]

This is The Kohinoor art piece of jazz and all genres of music. So subtle so subdued yet so powerful to sweep the mind to an unknown realm of ecstatic delight. Won't belittle the wisdom of the person who posted this jewel piece by merely thanking him. Chet Baker went to another world while creating this. He got drenched. Immersed in pure meditative bliss. So are we while listening. Our birth as human beings will remain incomplete without having a chance to listen to this exquisite piece at least once in our lifetime. He will remain living forever in our memories.

[@ChatterjeyDa.AabeerDa]

Paul Bley is also equally gifted to complement aptly. Birds of a same feather flock together. Otherwise how can this great piece be born. And we would have deprived from getting the chance to listen such a magnificent creation.

[@jeremyrowland2706]

Beautiful music from a beautiful man - fuck lockdown blues and just lie back listening to Chet.

[@lorenzomazzocchi]

Chet always makes me cry

[@TheBillybobbbbb]

I have played trumpet for 60 years, and played and listened to much jazz, including ballads. Nothing beats the duo on "if I should lose..." Just beautiful . ...

[@johng9393]

Yes. And don’t overlook the composition. “If I should lose you “ a masterpiece as well

[@gaelcornuau1668]

A pure moments out of time and space, just Grace, Elegance, Love. Mystery and Alchemie of Music. Thank's so, so much.

[@gregorypatriciaandjiyajais8819]

do not forget The great Paul Bley whose wonderful in this gem of a performance

[@iblobar1]

'You go to my head'....lovely just lovely!!! #gracias

[@emilianoandres3102]

Es la llave de esa puerta interior que nos eleva a otro plano. Cuando escucho esto todo lo demás desaparece, y siento una imperiosa necesidad de seguir escuchando, como si el aire que sale de esa trompeta fuese el oxígeno necesario para seguir. Y al mismo tiempo, me transporta a un lugar oscuro y doloroso, tan poético como hiriente. Arte.

[@tyronewalker5764]

Until now, I'd never heard of Chet Baker. This is beautiful stuff.

[@yvesdevriendt928]

Tyrone,Don't worry. Chet never heard of you anyway. And this is not just "stuff" - it is Music with capital "M"

[@kirillzapple]

I could listen to this album for eternity

[@andreapetretti920]

Absolute masterpiece for the heart and soul.

17878! 1191! Thank you Master

[@nikaproust]

You are in a bar, it's 2 am, you a woman or a man, heartbroken then you hear this and then the next day you cancel the appointment with your shrink ... you found the best medecine ...

[@wramaccorsi1357]

How classy and serene, emotional at times...I so much regret he died and mostly the way he died.

[@joyce7193]

But the main thing is that he died and now we only need his fans to follow his example.

[@softteu]

Disco lindo da gota, meu preferido dele!

[@dulcelinanavas666]

Chet Baker & Paul Bley, Diane 1985. Grande e Competente em Todas as Suas Músicas...

[@DfactorPop]

This recording is impeccable! What incredible audio! I am *in the room* with the players....

[@nicolaslegrand9379]

Must've listened to this album on your channel a hundred times. Hundred times melancholic and blissed, cuts to the bone! Gorgeous moment offered! A real gift!

[@rodrigovasquez5087]

He played in a way that seems that the trumpet is a soft instrument, I've tried to play trumpet and it sounds like someone was making a hole with a drill, I have no idea how he can play so soft, amazing, Miles and Chet are the ambassadors of a new way of playing and even understanding trumpet, thanks for given us art of your soul

[@philippefontainas482]

You're absolutely right... Trumpetists like Paolo Fresù owe a lot to Chet

[@thomassicard3733]

I strive to emulate his fluffy, natural, organic style in my jazz playing. Yeah. He's my 'idol', when playing jazz.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Chet Baker was simply a masterful musician. His quiet, understated style on the horn as well as his singing was so soothing. He never blasted his horn and he could make his voice sound just like his horn when he was tonguing, a feat I've never heard anyone else accomplish! Great talent. The man had his demons with drugs like so many musicians, who are always seeking to somehow perfect their work, but it only dulls their minds into thinking they are better. You can rarely perfect a natural talent, it just gets better all by itself. Sadly, musicians BELIEVE they sound better when on drugs because their mind is dulled to reality. Chet shows his pitch control and marvelous talent above. (Chet did not do drugs before his performances, he was to much a perfectionist for that, he did them after work. But drugs, especially the opioids, are so seductive and addicting, that it is difficult to get off them, once they get a hold of you, mind, body and soul.) Chet was clean for 7 years, it's difficult to understand how he relapsed, but it can happen.) But he left us some fabulous sounds to remember, both vocally and with his horn, just gorgeous! I prefer to remember him this way, in the above track -- heart-melting!

[@yvesdevriendt928]

drugs are so stupide and useless

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

@@yvesdevriendt928 You are 100% correct -- they mess with your mind! Drugs CAN be a wonderful thing when properly used and prescribed by ethical doctors, otherwise, look out! One reason why street drugs are so dangerous is because you never know what "fillers" they have used in them or the POTENCY of the drug. That's why overdoses occur, the drug can be strong one time and not the next, so the person never knows for sure how much they're REALLY taking of the drug and then if they get a street dose that isn't as strong as what they're used to, they take more. And the NEXT dose of the drug could be powerful enough to kill!

[@fredyaffe7740]

@@MJLeger-yj1ww Drugs lead you into questionable situations. Many times you consort with criminals, just to keep the sickness at bay. If drugs were decriminalized, there would only be the toxicity, a public health issue. But there seems a relationship between heroin use, and deeply creative types, whether it's painting or music, we see it, mainly jazz players. Then proximity and availability loom as predictors...One wonders if they played into his beating and death; bet it did... The creative act frequently causes such unresolved tension in some artists, and heroin relieves these intense feelings. actually renders one more functional, when the dose is modest. But heroin looses it's effect over time, leads users to increase dose; eventually, the dose gets so high, each time gets more dangerously close to overdose. This is when some dry out for a reset, before resuming use again, with a lower dose, rinse. repeat, and hope for a naloxone or methadone rescue. Methodone worked for me in the '70's. I tapered myself, and got into soccer, so I had zero discomfort...

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

@@fredyaffe7740 You have a good concept of what drugs (especially opiates) do and what counteracts them (Narcan) but methadone is simply another narcotic to help wean a patient off of a stronger opioid! And you understand, at least in part, what causes their use in the first place and the psychology and need behind it, but it is ignorance that makes them try the drug because I don't think half the people who imbibe really know the full danger of it or how and why they become addicted. You do, and nonetheless, I am happy to hear you were able to deal with and lick the dependency factor. Good luck to you, way to go! (I was a musician all my life and witnessed drug use all around me but I KNEW the dangers of drugs because I asked my father, who was a physician (M.D.) and he told me exactly how it works. ( I wanted to become a doctor also, so I listened!) I was too much of a perfectionist in my music to fall to the dangers of sedation when I was playing, but I understand peer pressure and how it can tempt a person. But I still think if they truly knew what could happen and really understand what addiction does, they wouldn't succumb to even trying it; they have NO IDEA how difficult it is to get off the drug.) Sadly, I believe rehab centers are inadequate facilities because they don't hire the right people to help those deep in the mire of addiction. They try, but they often fail. There's no easy answer really because the brain is such a complex organ. But if some of these young people could see an autopsy with an enlarged, crippled heart due to crack cocaine, and the congested blood vessels around the heart, as well as other organs affected by the drugs they use, PERHAPS it would impress them not to try drugs if they could really see and understand the consequences of what it does to the body besides the mind. Anyway, keep the good work Fred, I'm glad for you!

[@fredyaffe7740]

@@MJLeger-yj1ww Sir,many thanks for the generous and sympathetic words and thoughts. Any appreciation of what it takes to become an MD(my hat is off to those like you who have pushed themselves in school) needs to address the access that Rx writing holds;availability is the sine qua non of addiction,at least from an epidemilogical Pointof View. Chinese tell youth there has been a large investment in raising kids, and it is encumbent on them to repay that investment. I never heard it that way coming up, I thought it was the other way around. My Dad paid attention in school, as he was impressed with finding a way of life(he adored the ethos of medicine, was under its' spell,and was in'85 balto city med society president). As a child I found every drug known to man( poetic license alert..) in his cabinet,and having fallen under the sway of a certain William Burrows(Naked Lunch)I figured out how to mainline. Marijuana parties provided the context for access,and rec. abuse socially. NYC painters were bigtime users and jazz musicians were wildly involved. All these figures seemed successful inspiteof this(short term). My

[@nathandereksprezak620]

Good deep blue jazz. Thx.

[@maurichevale]

Un sonido que va más allá, de cualquier referencia... Trascendente.

[@patricias5122]

It's like he's speaking softly into your ear.

[@sorribascervantesanna7483]

it's just so perfect for my soul... thank you

[@joeysarmiento1925]

@Ron van der Holt same here. Nice cool Saturday morning. Greetings from my country 🇵🇭my family to you. May you have a prosperous positive weekend ahead.

[@foshoucitron4595]

Shout out to youtube for allowing me to come back to Chet whenever I want to...

[@bf2err]

underated comment here. ty yt

[@margaretstix1217]

Yes! I am so grateful, too.

[@mcf3681]

Despite playing/listening to jazz all through high school, I've only just recently fallen in love with Chet's music. I'm 20 now, and I don't feel like I've had much more life experience, but something about it just hits me a totally different way.

[@claussaunte2303]

Hope you Will learn more from the Master.

[@CarlosGonzalezSirCharles]

I guess you are on the right way, my friend

[@chrissiwashington2193]

How can it be that only a few people ever to be born on this Earth are SO VERY SPECIAL AND TALENTED...and the rest be what the rest is. Soooooooooooooo so sad. But better to have had Chet and the others , than not at all. Thank you Chet and everyone before this modern existence . TY

[@BGMRelaxingMusicStudio]

This whole cover pack a punch to make me sleepy and relax, oooh lovely

[@lavendergilly5843]

I dedicate this album to my first love, Dez Cole. You were my Diane.

[@yassir7001]

i dedicate this album to my first, and hopefully my last love, fz.

[@marialorenadonosoaraya4306]

Es una belleza

[@jorgecunha3288]

Definitivamente um poema musical.

[@pameliemusic]

:)this album is what I needed to face the day today, thank you

[@tysontitus3332]

Just randomly popped up in my feed... im buying this on cd and vinyl if possible

[@glauberamaral8108]

O irmao é fera .nos deixa muito tranquilo e em paz de espirito.grande chet forever.

[@sundaydelafureur]

je passe mes journées et mes soirées avec CHET... c'est magnifique je suis complètement addict à ce son particulier et sa nostalgie

[@nikaproust]

J'adore aussi, d'ou etes vous ? moi, de Nice.

[@manuelcaraves9906]

ALWAYS!! meet him in Amsterdam.....at the end...he will remain forever ..

[@raniadizikiriki8935]

Manuel Caraves how was his mood when you met him?Optimistic?Sad?

[@VizMP33]

I love that album much, have heard it so many times, it's a masterpiece. Thank's for the great, phenomenal, profounding, Music. MUSIC IS JUST SO FANTASTIC. Sending you love.

[@ottoraths3120]

This is best listened to at 2AM on a quiet morning.Truly soulful. Thanks for posting.