[Dixielandjazz] Could Chet Baker get lost?

[Don Ingle]

Jimmy, et al:
I am curious. If Baker was in a service band while in the military, what did
he play? Drums, librarian, gofor?
All the service bands I ever knew of had players that HAD to read, and
everything I read says Baker was NOT a reader. So, what did he do while in
uniform?
I agree -- he was  marvel at jazz improv -- and his was another all too sad
"What If"  story.
Don Ingle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Beebe" <jbeebe at centurytel.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:56 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Could Chet Baker get lost?


'
Steve Barbone:

Re Chet Baker, what an enormous talent. All ear, no safety net of reading
music or chords to fall back on if he got lost.'

Steve...I don't think that Chet Baker ever 'got lost' playing a tune.
Musicians at that level of playing simply don't get 'get lost.'  And he had
an innate sense of the right harmonics or chords of a tune.

Jim Beebe
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