■ ALBUM

1954 Chet Baker Sings

1956 Chet Baker & Crew

1959 Chet Baker in Milan

1962 Chet Is Back!

1979 The Touch of Your Lips

1985 Chet Baker Sings and Plays from the Film “Let’s Get Lost”

1988 Peace (with Enrico Pieranunzi)

■ PERFORMANCE

1952 Started career in Gerry Mulligan Quartet (US West Coast Jazz)

1953 US West Coast tours & first major success

1955 European Tour debut

1956 Featured performer at major jazz festivals (Newport, LA, Monterey)

1959 Returns to Europe for extended touring (Italy, France, Germany)

1964 World Jazz Festival circuit

1970~1980 Europe-centered live career (Netherlands, Italy, Denmark)

1987 Tokyo Jazz performances

1988 Final concerts in Amsterdam

■ AWARDS / HIGHLIGHTS

1954 Best Trumpet – DownBeat Readers Poll

1954 Rising Star – DownBeat Critics Poll

Subject of 1988 award-winning documentary Let’s Get Lost

Key figure of West Coast Cool Jazz

■ COLLABORATION

Gerry Mulligan

Charlie Parker

Stan Getz

Bill Evans

Paul Desmond

Art Pepper

Bud Shank

Enrico Pieranunzi

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

■ FILM & MEDIA

1988 Let’s Get Lost – Documentary by Bruce Weber

1950s–1980s Radio & TV Jazz Show appearances (US & Europe)

■ NOTE

1950s – Cool Jazz Icon

1960s – Career struggles & hiatus

1970s~1980s – Rebirth in Europe, acclaimed late career

1988 – Passed in Amsterdam at age 58