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Chet Baker

American jazz trumpeter and vocalist

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born
1929
died
1988
age at death
58
known for
singer, trumpeter, composer

1929 – 1988

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Chesney Henry Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".

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