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Baker, Chet

LC control no.n 83174966
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML419.B14 Biography
Personal name headingBaker, Chet
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Variant(s)Baker, Chesney Henry, Jr.
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1929-12-23
Death date1988-05-13
Place of birthYale (Okla.)
Place of deathAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Trumpet players Singers
Flügelhornist
Found inArt Pepper plays Shorty Rogers & others [SR] p1978: container (Chet Baker, trumpet)
Archie Shepp-Chet Baker Quintet. In memory of [SR] p1988: program notes (b. Dec. 23, 1929, Yale, Okla.)
Chet, c1993: t.p. (Chet : the music of Chesney Henry Baker : a discography)
Chet Baker, c1991: t.p. (Chet Baker) p. 10 (d. June13, 1988)
Chet Baker, 2000: t.p. (Chet Baker) p. ix (b. Dec. 23, 1929, Chesney Henry Baker, Jr.) p. xi (d. May 13, 1988)
Wikipedia, Dec. 6, 2012 (Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr.; born December 23, 1929 in Yale, Okla.; died May 13, 1988 in Amsterdam; American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer)