The well-known American jazz trumpeter and vocalist legend of all time is no other person but the one identified as Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker Jr. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the “Prince of Cool”. He passed away on May 13, 1988, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was born on December 23, 1929, in Yale, Oklahoma, United States.
Where did Chef Baker go to college and high school?
Records had it that, Baker received some musical education at Glendale High School, but he left school at the age of 16 in 1946 to join the United States Army. He was assigned to Berlin, Germany, where he joined the 298th Army Band. After leaving the Army in 1948, he studied music theory and harmony at El Camino College in Los Angeles. He dropped out during his second year to re-enlist. He became a member of the Sixth Army Band at the Presidio in San Francisco, spending time in clubs such as Bop City and the Black Hawk. He was discharged from the Army in 1951 and proceeded to pursue a career in music.
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