Archives:Stories: Chet Baker Chet Baker's Tale of Woe In the middle 1950s, Chet Baker was the young Lochinvar out of the West, the fair-haired boy of critics...
... Milano (not ... Rosso:didn't ... orchestra. CB's participation is also mentioned in Musica Jazz July 1960, and probably happened around Feb/ Mar 1960. ...
English version of "Chettie's Lullaby" lyrics by Alessandro Maffei:texts of the other three Italian songs will follow.Gaetano Mariani(1932-1970),guitarist of...
There's a GREAT event on Sunday, June 13th - I produced the SF version of this event, so am forwarding the press release from NYC on to you - I hope you can...
Oh, good, I'll just get one of those cheap air fares and get right over there. Paul - you're closer - meet you there? Ha! Not even if I lived in nyc. Cecco -...
it is funny what the word Gavin does to a Chet Baker list : ) ...but , give the guy credit. My sister went to the show in San Francisco and said it was very,...
This is a group of people who love Chet's music (in all parts of his career), so I wonder why anyone of us would care to go to a show like that. This goes...
J de Valk
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Jun 4, 2004 9:07 pm
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but remember, the San Francisco show had an appearance of Chet's own son shouting down Gavin.I couldn't think of a better surprise guest. hats off for that....
Not ALL this list's members think the same about DEEP IN A DREAM,Chriss:but I'd sure love to be in NYC and give your friend GAVIN a piece of my mind,face to...
I can use all the encoragement I can get,Dorena,dearest sister,although I've not lost any of my fighting spirits and one gets used to these things after a...
Shouting and cursing? DIAD is both a bestseller and an insult to anyone who really knows Chet's music, but I'm not sure if that's proper way to approach Mr...
J de Valk
jeroen.de.valk@...
Jun 5, 2004 10:14 am
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didn't he write a book about singers? I'm just saying taking someone hostage and making them listen to Judy Garland singing Somewhere over the Rainbow over and...
in case anyone gets the wrong idea, that was a joke. didn't he write a book about singers? I'm just saying taking someone hostage and making them listen to...
For Cecco's sake I would hope that Gavin would print a revised and more true version of his "bestseller" but I will not hold my breath until he does. And I...
bertw@...
Jun 5, 2004 3:25 pm
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I would be very happy to read a book like that about Chet. It is a great idea... I hope Jeroen and Cecco agree. Peter ... From: <bertw@...> To:...
Hi, group- does anyone have any thoughts on what the best "jazz" site for downloading Mp3's is? I'm looking for a pay site, where I can download alot of jazz...
I fully agree of course (much of what was in Chet's Choice is gold),provided we endeavour to have it well distributed,promoted and translated once it is ...
Some of you guys and lovely ladies may have wondered why our fellow list-member James Stewart has all but disappeared and posts no more:he has joined us in the...
I'd agree with a plan like that, but at the moment the commercial situation is very bad, with Gavin's book being the only sufficient selling book about jazz,...
J de Valk
jeroen.de.valk@...
Jun 6, 2004 6:45 pm
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You're sure about all that? I had the impression the opposite is the case. J. ... From: "Cecco Maino" <ceccomaino@...> To: "Chet Baker"...
J de Valk
jeroen.de.valk@...
Jun 6, 2004 6:46 pm
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Aa a novice when it comes Chet, I joined this group hoping to learn more about the man and his music. I have read a few pages of Gavin's book (browsing at...
Jeroen and Cecco - I do think it is worthwhile looking into. And as both of you know books aren't written in a few days. Would take at least several months...
bertw@...
Jun 7, 2004 2:16 am
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Bert - sure hope you can find the time to do this - it sounds like a great idea and would perhaps wash the public's mind out from the effects of DIAD. That...
Hi Len, to put matters as simply as possible: I've never met any of Gavin's interviewees who thought he was quoted satisfactory. Cecco once had a whole list of...
J de Valk
jeroen.de.valk@...
Jun 7, 2004 9:50 am
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Chet,Frezza Jr.,Alessandro Maffei:negat.courtesy P.Benvenuti,print by me....
