Chet Baker in Europe 1975-1988

This book documents Chet Baker’s tour through Europe which lasted nearly 13 years. Chet Baker died in 1988 in suspicious circumstances and the cause is still doubted (accident or suicide?). More than 180 photographs show numerous stops of his musical and private life.

The pictures in this book illustrate what was Chet Baker’s most important creative phase . More than fifty photographers from all over Europe have contributed their work, representing, at the same time, a chapter of European jazz photography. In the texts, mostly written specifically for this book, many musicians recal their time with the man who was, arguably, jazz’s most lyrical trumpeter.”