Where stands the music of Chet Baker with you?



I could say much from my own thoughts, but if you give a damn about this subject, I would like to hear of your own thoughts and listening history on the music of Chet Baker.

Please no cliche', "he is no Miles Davis" non-self thought.

And no need to apoligize for being black or white...another Jazz cliche'.
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I really do not care for Chet Baker's singing.
He is just too self absorbed and self indulgent for me to listen to him sing.
I hear him and feel he is singing to himself in a mirror.
His emotional displaay is very shallow with (in his own mind) "deep feeling". Probably tied to his drug addictions.

His playing is average.

And yeah, he is no Miles Davis.
I knew I didn't like his singing but Elizabeth's comment is probably right on. He was a self-absorbed person, no doubt. His tone and attack elevate him way beyond average IMO.