Baker doesn't agree with many critics that East Coast music is really more emotional than West Coast, unless you can get emotional about volume, or how many choruses somebody can play without getting ...

I first met the Baker family at Chet's funeral back in 1988. I took my kids out of school and went with my partner, Fonje, to the Los Angeles Cemetery. I had heard about the funeral from our local ...

You don't want to be near Ethan Hawke when he's learning to play trumpet. Filming Born to Be Blue, in which he portrays jazz icon Chet Baker, "the challenge was largely for my co-star, Carmen Ejogo, ...

Since Chet Baker's death in 1988, the trumpeter and vocalist's legacy has been widely debated within the jazz world. Called the "Prince of Cool," Baker amassed significant career accomplishments that ...