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Born into a musical family in Oklahoma in 1929, Chet Baker tried various instruments before settling on the trumpet. At the age of 22 he impressed Charlie Parker when he backed him at a club gig in Los Angeles. Soon after he joined the Gerry Mulligan Quartet where he developed ‘My Funny Valentine’ as a signature tune. He became a star, topping Downbeat magazine’s poll for trumpeters, and his film star looks marked him out as a marketable commodity. But with the attention came temptation, and…

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