[Dixielandjazz] Could Chet Baker get lost?

[Jim Beebe]

That is a very good point, Don.  Chet Baker did play trumpet, I believe, in
the 8th army Band at the Presidio in San Francisco.  He also, I believe
played in an Army band in Germany and one Lister emailed me that Chet got
out by faking a mental case bit.

I, personally, believe that a lot of this is myth.  The stories that he
couldn't read music have to be bullshit. Anybody can read music...but being
able to play what you read is something else.
Did he fake his way out of the army.  I guess that he was weird and maybe he
did but I have my doubts.

Jim Beebe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Ingle" <dingle at baldwin-net.com>
To: "Jim Beebe" <jbeebe at centurytel.net>; "DJML"
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Could Chet Baker get lost?


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> 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?
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> Steve Barbone:
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> 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.'
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> 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.
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> Jim Beebe
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