Guardian Music — Trumpeter who created a unique jazz alchemy from a mix of artistic genresThe trumpeter and composer Tomasz StaÅ„ko, who has died aged 76, was an artist of genre-spanning vision and imagination who was a key figure of Polish jazz in the 1960s, and ... more info

Guardian Music — A reader finds a way through your suggestions, meeting Chet Baker, the Clash and Eric Clapton along the wayHere is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of your suggestions last week. Thanks for taking part. Read... more info

Core News — “Iggy returns with a sonic cocktail to kick the weekend off. This week he has tracks by Little Walter, False Heads, Laura Mvula and Chet Baker. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s alternative spirit since the late S... more info

Uncut — Ethan Hawks stars: light jazz, heavy drugs Ethan Hawke stars: light jazz, heavy drugs The post Chet Baker biopic Born To Be Blue reviewed appeared first on Uncut. more info

Guardian Music — (Partisan) Bombino is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Niger, with his own take on desert blues. He has a rock-star image and sets out to target indie-rock fans as well as African music devotees. There’s nothing wrong with that, as new fusion... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — 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. more info

Stereogum — In 2009, Robert Bundreau released The Deaths Of Chet Baker, a short film that explored the many myths surrounding the death of the legendary jazz trumpeter. Baker was found dead below a hotel window in Amsterdam in 1988 with serious wounds in his hea... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Among the many stylistic traits of Southern California cultural offerings is a certain easiness, a smooth, groove-centered vibe found both in Dr. Dre’s G-funk sound two decades ago and the dubbed out sounds of Flying Lotus, Teebs and the Gaslamp Ki... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — A portrait in black and white, indeed. 1988, 1 hour, 59 minutes. Perfect. more info