Then while he was in europe, 1980 i think it was, he met an actorscreenplay writer by the name of tom baker. Chet baker, american jazz trumpeter and vocalist noted for the plaintive, fragile tone of both his playing and singing. Ethan hawke on playing chet baker in born to be blue variety. Ethan hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend chet. He began his career in the early 1950s and played together with charlie parker and gerry mulligan. He became famous with the gerry mulligan quartet in 1952. Chet baker the best of chet baker sings 1989, cd discogs. Each of them makes important contributions to the session. In the new movie born to be blue, ethan hawke plays chet baker at a pivotal moment.
A blog supreme bakers legacy may be debated, but his artistry shouldnt be. My foolish heart officiele nl trailer nu te zien op. With ethan hawke, carmen ejogo, callum keith rennie, tony nappo. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life and some modernday performances. As ethan hawke plays chet baker in born to be blue, he talks about perfection versus charisma and the perils of early success joe queenan wed. In recent years, the world continues to celebrate bakers legacy. Born to be blue clip valentine i hd i ifc film youtube.
He was a cult figure whose wellpublicized struggles with drug addiction curtailed a promising career. A reimagining of jazz legend chet bakers musical comeback in the late 60s. Although many of the same tracks show up on other albums and compilations, this album is the best place to start for chet baker newcomers andor chet fans confused about the best albums or values out there. Born to be blue an intriguing and partly fictionalized portrait of jazz legend chet baker runs on an inventive structure and a strong central performance from ethan hawke. Watch ethan hawke as chet baker in born to be blue trailer. Mar 24, 2016 hawke plays chet baker, the jazz artist on trumpet and vocals who hit heartthrob status in the 1950s and whose lifelong addiction to heroin led to his 1988 death at 58, from an accidental fall.
He took lessons in playing the trumpet and singing, talked to some of baker. A new film, born to be blue, reimagines this tumultuous time in bakers life as he attempts to stage a comeback. Theyre writing songs of love, but not for me a lucky stars above, but not for me with love to lead the way ive found more clouds of gray than any russian play could. Ethan hawke channels chet baker in born to be blue youtube.
After seeing the movie born to be blue, i had to check chet bakers music for myself, having heard some tracks on the radio beforehand. The very best of chet baker in my analysis opinion. Ethan hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend chet baker, whose. The biopic centers around the time in the late sixties when hed fallen into a selfdestructive. Absolutely the best film biography of chet baker youre ever going to see.
Chet baker biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. I bought chet baker sings, and then after a week or two, i bought two more baker cds, including this one, which i believe is my favorite. Chet baker quartet music, videos, stats, and photos. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion learning. Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albu. Chet started writing that while he was traveling, some of it was written when he was home in moments here and there, in quiet times and he was carrying that around for quite a while. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict chet baker. A reimagining of jazz legend chet baker s musical comeback in the late 60s. Born to be blue benefits from a highlightreel performance from ethan hawke and an impressionistic, nonhagiographic approach to chet bakers life and times. From his emergence in the 1950swhen an uncannily beautiful young man from oklahoma appeared on the west coast to become, seemingly overnight, the prince of cool jazzuntil his violent, drugrelated death in amsterdam in 1988, chet baker lived a life that has become an american myth. Chet baker american musician and vocalist britannica.
In 2015, the chet baker jazz festival was held in his hometown of yale, oklahoma. In born to be blue, writerdirector robert budreau doesnt shy away from jazz legend chet bakers addiction to heroin or his struggle to relearn his instrument after suffering a busted. Dec 20, 2016 with some rare pictures of chet baker. Tribute to chet baker new morning full movie 2003 youtube. Buying from amazon gets you the cd plus the digital copy. Born in oklahoma and reared in california from age 10. The following year the chet baker biopic born to be blue was released, starring ethan hawke as baker. Chet baker, you and the night and the music by 30 birds jazz. Tribute to chet baker new morning full english full movie tribute to chet baker new morning full full movie, tribute to chet baker new morning full full movie streaming tribute to chet baker. I listened, then listened to two or three more songs, and i was hooked. The 2012 compilation the very best of chet baker collects tracks the legendary jazz trumpeter recorded for several labels in the 50s and 60s, including riverside, fantasy, and prestige. Carol baker, chet bakers widow jerry jazz musician. Chet baker was a jazz trumpeter and vocalist, born in oklahoma in 1929.
Jazz historian dave gelly described the promise of bakers early career as james. Travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from bakers earlier life and some modernday performances. An exploration of the mysteries surrounding the death of jazz legend chet baker who was found dead below an amsterdam hotel window in 1988. This is chet, served as he was, from before,during and after his rise to fame. With the exception of the aforementioned cut, the remainder of chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost 1989 boasts both a quartet and trio setting sans penland. Chet baker the trumpet artistry of chet baker compositions and arrangements by jack montrose. Ethan hawke stars as jazz legend chet baker in born. Jul 01, 2011 this first major biography of the most romanticized icon in jazz thrillingly recounts his wild ride. This first major biography of the most romanticized icon in jazz thrillingly recounts his wild ride.
Mar 25, 2016 ethan hawke studied for months to portray jazz musician chet baker in the drama born to be blue, which opens today. A blog supreme baker s legacy may be debated, but his artistry shouldnt be. Born to be blue 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Even though time and substances have given baker the visage of a man twice his age, those inimitable pipes and velvet tone have worn surprisingly well. There are long passages in the film soundtracks from. Front, spine, reverse and inner have the best of chet baker sings. The fandango movieclips trailers channel is your destination for the hottest new trailers the second they drop. Born to be blue is a 2015 internationally coproduced drama film directed, produced and written by robert budreau. Hes in his 40s and trying to get clean so he can focus. Feb 19, 2016 a reimagining of jazz legend chet baker s musical comeback in the late 60s. Adams baritone sax solo on alone together is one of the albums high points, while herbie mann and bill evans make their presence.
Ethan hawke and robert budreau on chet baker biopic youtube. And the movie resorts to pat poppsychology in a sequence where chet and jane visit his disapproving family in oklahoma implying that an overly stern dad led. I bought chet baker sings, and then after a week or two, i bought two more baker cds, including this one, which i believe is. December 23, 1929 may, 1988 was an american jazz trumpeter and vocalist. Chet baker was a primary exponent of the west coast school of cool jazz in the early and mid50s. Mar 31, 2016 and the movie resorts to pat poppsychology in a sequence where chet and jane visit his disapproving family in oklahoma implying that an overly stern dad led to baker sticking a needle in his arm. The film score features performances by baker from the 1950s and 1960s along with newly recorded performances from 1987 and the soundtrack album was released on the rca novus label full title chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost in 1989 chet bakers recording of chettys lullaby with ennio morricone as conductor of his orchestra was also featured in the film. Lets get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by bruce weber. The title is derived from the song lets get lost by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky, which baker recorded for pacific records. Chet baker, in full chesney henry baker, born december 23, 1929, yale, oklahoma, u. These are stellar smallgroup sides in the easygoing west coast cool style that baker helped popularize. It was shown in the special presentations section of the 2015 toronto international film festival. Dit is het officiele youtubekanaal van september film distribution.
The film is about american jazz musician chet baker, portrayed by hawke. Increasingly, drug addiction hampered his output and performances, especially in the 1960s. Over a breakfast interview last december, ethan hawke was, as he put it, a little weepy, having just finished shooting born to be blue about jazz legend chet baker. Digitally remastered directly from the original analog master tapes, fantasy studios, berkeley, ca.
When mulligan was arrested in 1953, chet led the group until 1955, when he went to europe. Up there with the music matters releases in overall quality. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing chet baker. Born in oklahoma and reared in california from age 10, baker began playing. Very well on youtube, and there was bakers version, offered as a suggestion. His solo in my funny valentine is a classic of the west coast jazz in the fifties. After all, no other jazz musician better embodied the guiltypleasure romance of the hipsteraddict archetypenot even. The biopic centers around the time in the late sixties.
On the eve of a new biopic starring ethan hawke, heres an. Of course born to be blue, writerdirector robert budreaus poetically honest but factually negligent movie about trumpeter and singer chet baker, played by ethan hawke, should burrow into the horrors of opiate dependency. Baker went solo when mulligan was incarcerated for narcotics offences, and quickly made his mark as a vocalist as well as trumpeter, releasing chet baker sings in 1954. Playing, singing jamming and drinking,sweet,sad and wonderful. Somewhat understandable considering this was recorded in the late 50s however, i have other jazz records from the same period that are much better. The rest are somewhat inconsistent with some background hiss. Chet bakers penultimate session for riverside which was strictly instrumental produced an allstar lineup to support him, including jazz heavyweights pepper adams, bill evans, and kenny burrell. Born to be blue benefits from a highlightreel performance from ethan hawke and an impressionistic, nonhagiographic approach to chet baker s life and times. Watch ethan hawke as chet baker in born to be blue. Included here are two of the cuts baker recorded with baritone saxophonist gerry mulligan, including. He is known for his major innovations within the cool jazz subgenre leading him to be nicknamed the prince of cool baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals chet baker sings, it could happen to you. He is considered an exponent of cool jazz, and is often associated with romantic ballads, although he also recorded some funky swinging records for example picture of heath. Ethan hawke on chet baker antibiopic, born to be blue. A lmost to the end of his life, despite the ravages of heroin addiction, chet baker could play like an angel.
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals chet baker sings, it could happen to you. Born to be blue official trailer i hd i ifc films youtube. As a trumpeter, he had a generally restrained, intimate playing style and he attracted attention beyond jazz for his photogenic looks and singing. Ethan hawke stars as legendary jazz trumpeter chet baker in robert budreaus born to be blue. On the eve of a new biopic starring ethan hawke, heres an introduction to the.
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