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"I don't play jazz. I play from the heart." ~ Chet Baker Photo by Michiel Hendryckx, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Legendary Jazz virtuoso Chet Baker during a session for “My Funny Valentine” in 1952. Mr. Baker, nicknamed "The Prince of Cool" by Charlie Parker during the height of the San Francisco ‘50s, led a brilliant, tortured life. His most famous work, a live album entitled “Chet Baker in Tokyo” featuring “Almost Blue” was released a year before his death in 1988.

Chet Baker & Ruth Young

"I'm definitely a romantic, I don't think life is really worth all the pain and effort and struggling if you don't have somebody that you love very much." (Chet Baker) . . #chetbaker https://www.instagram.com/p/CU_zud0N4UU/?utm_medium=tumblr

Porfavor comparte música desde el corazón/please share music from the heart

CHET BAKER & CATERINA VALENTE 1956

‘Hollywood Jazz 1945-1972’ by Richard Wyatt, Jr. Originally painted in 1990 and restored in 2013. Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Outside the city is coming to a rest. Apart from the occasional car horn and shouting, the streets calm down. Your windows are fully open, letting a light breeze into the apartment. Billie Holiday, Chet Baker and Frank Sinatra help you to romanticise this moment that others would neglect. You’re alone tonight, but you feel more alive than any company could make you.