Tag Archives: Chet Baker
Jazz as Art, Jazz as Cool
The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the 11th show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name. This show focuses on the transition from Bop to Cool … Continue reading
Chet Baker: When Not Caring Becomes Caring
The Video below plays about 1:24 of Chet Baker’s “Moon and Sand.” Most people consider “My Funny Valentine” his essential classic—and it is—but I return to “Moon and Sand” more than anything he ever recorded. For one thing—though I know … Continue reading