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Nicely described....Chet is so superfine. And I suspect he survived the application of strings better than the divine Charlie Parker did when they were foisted on him by several producers...even though Bird still flew high...

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Love this: "Chet Baker shared a lightness in a heavy world." Brilliant.

You might dig this Baker post I sent out last year:

https://sunra.substack.com/p/chet-baker-in-italy

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