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50 great moments in jazz: Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan's pianoless quartet

The charismatic prince of cool jazz developed an elegant and intertwining sound after being forced to perform without a pianoWhen Bruce Weber released Let's Get Lost in 1988, his documentary on the trumpeter Chet Baker, it joined the likes of Bertrand Tavernier's Round Midnight and Clint Eastwood's Bird in a group of late-1980s films that showed prominent jazz artists on the skids. A huge improvement from the years in which jazz movies were considered a joke, these documentaries also indicated h...

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11:30 on January 29 2010

Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan â€“ Walking Shoes

Guardian Music — Performed by the original quartet from 1952-53, here's a classic example of Baker and Mulligan's wonderful playing John Fordham more info

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12:31 on January 29 2010

50 great moments in jazz: Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan's pianoless quartet

Guardian Music — The charismatic prince of cool jazz developed an elegant and intertwining sound after being forced to perform without a pianoWhen Bruce Weber released Let's Get Lost in 1... more info

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