Born to be cool: The life and music of Chet Baker

Re:Born to be cool: The life and music of Chet Baker by olivermarks on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @07:56PM (#29260896)

Great piece of writing. I wonder if some of Baker's recordings were captured and put out without him knowing? In this great Rick Beato Ron Carter interview he discusses how they'd play multiple sets a night and that they were often recorded by club owners etc unbeknownst to the band and published on vinyl, no royalties etc. https://youtu.be/k2vqJ78VA4g

He could have just cut loads of sides to feed his habit of course...

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Re:Born to be cool: The life and music of Chet Baker by yesenadam on Thursday November 18, 2021 @01:57AM (#29262775)

Hey thank you! That is a really great interview, lots of stories I'd not heard before, Ron in great form at 84. Best one was about Ron being inspired, by JJ Johnson hardly moving his trombone slide, to find a similar 'lazy'/efficient/minimal-effort style on bass.

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