Dude doesn't start singing till 5 minutes in. He establishes the mood and tone. Then he tells you what all the previous 5 minutes was about. It's so good. Like watching a silent film and then talking about the plot, but with song.
One of the most famous jazz musicians of all time, Chet Baker was an iconic cool jazz trumpeter and singer. In truth, Baker’s voice was unusual. Mellow, sonorous, and defined by a somnolent languidness, it also had a mysterious androgynous quality. Chet Baker rose to fame in the late 1950s as part of the West Coast Jazz movement; a more calm, cool and restrained take on jazz music. 5:35 [Famuse Talent; Jazzfuel; Journal Philistine Toronto]
@knickertwistcopperby6066I used to watch an old man singing this song in my local pub on karaoke night every Friday. In Elvis Costello style. Completely drunk and he sang beautifully. Always the same song until he died
A number of years ago I spent a year in New York. One weekend, I don't remember the hotel I was staying in, but I had found a really good jazz station. I had just fixed myself a drink when this song came on. I stood there, drink in hand, looking out on the city as a soft rain was falling. Of course it would have been better if a semi-nude woman had been beckoning to come back to bed. But it was real life not a movie. The mood was just right with the drink and Chet Baker on the radio. I've never forgot that moment. And everytime I hear this song, I'm back in that hotel room. Sometimes life just gives you that perfect moment you can keep in mind forever. Thanks for posting this awesome song... Greetings from Iran
what a delightfully charming way to describe the moment. One must be careful as life imitates art, imitates life, imitates art...it's all a movie. Are you Persian or just visiting? I would guess Persian, as I have never met a Persian man that did not have polite judgments, weren't wildly romantic, and all delighted in making one feel like a delicate flower. Pleased to greet another aficianato
@@pameladewinter8724 Madame, many thanks for your kind words. I'm Persian from Teheran with many american friends, since i was working for Merrill Lynch...
This is not depressing. This is the sound of life The sound of every winter and spring that we shared together The sound of laughter Fading away Achieving their purpose In tears Sadness Thank You Chet You re immortal
No matter how much I try, I can't escape the feels. I always seem to be captured by a cloak melancholy. Not quite depressed, not unhappy, but missing something or someone I need. The spirit of this song, Chet Baker , such a sad soul. I keep coming back to let this song speak for the way I feel. ALMOST BLUE
My father was a jazz musician he played the saxophone. He was never in my life just came and gone. Visited like every other weekend. Then he just stopped and I never saw him again. He's passed away in my twenty's didn't really feel hurt by him being gone though. I do how ever have a love for jazz soul blues and anything with a saxophone. I guess I am drawn to this type of music but inside it makes me feel closer to my father. Who I have come to miss and dearly love over the years despite him not being alive. A son will always need his father even in death. Love you dad.
My 18-year-old son died 61 days ago. He loves chet Baker very much, so I love listening to him now. His separation is killing me. He is an artist, guitarist, painter, and graphic designer, but unfortunately, he decided to leave and leave the pain in my heart.
We all are going to leave, sooner or later. This world isn’t the world your son had aimed for. He’s in a better place and is doing very well by Allah’s Mercy and Grace. My sincere condolences to you ..
When you start to feel sad, dont fight it. Embrace it. Feel as sad as you possibly can. Dive as deep as you can into the darkness and realize youre still alive. Realize how normal it feels and youre not alone, no matter if you feel so alone. Embrace the darkness. Outlive the depression
@eva Spinaci acknowledge it. Live it. Cry. Dig deep. With my own depression, I ignore it until I can't. I think it would help if I regularly intervened and acknowledged and expressed it. And attended to it. Being physically active is the best counter-measure. I say this from experience (I fail at practicing tho), and from my uni classes.
“There’s a girl here and she’s almost you” “All those things you promised with your eyes, I see in hers too” Sadness isn’t looking at grey skies it seems, but remembering they were once blue.
@@jorgecolin1717 I was high as fuck when I listened to this video, I don’t know what I was thinking busting out some quote type shit like I’m Mark Twain or something 😂
Corue This is actually very common in Jazz and is known as call and response. The instruments speak to each other, taking turns, in a conversational tone. Some songs catch the intonation of the human voice in a more obvious manner than others. This is one such song.
@@alyssabowen9297 can you suggest me a book about jazz that is popular? (because i can't understand english very well especially if its written in a therotical type maybe one that you will suggest has been translated to my language.)
My life is falling apart, my only brother has died 4 months ago, my parents are getting divorce because my father is making very bad actions, I must take care of my two nephews, and the things in my work aren't so well. I've been listening Chet all day long, cause, this is the only thing that's making me feel a little better.
its January 6th 2024, its currently 3:01 am in Baghdad Iraq, I am listening to this with my laptop with a video call on my phone enjoying this music with the girl I love, the weather is cold and my feet are freezing yet I am enjoying this masterpiece and my girls is asking why it takes so long for me to write this comment, enjoy the life people, enjoy love, enjoy the sadness and feel accepted, the meaning is all around you you just have to see through it.
First of all, I hope you're safe. I'm in deepest French countryside cooking a curry, listening to this waiting for my girl to arrive. This music goes with our sodden landscape right now. Bleak and wet. It carries me away.
My sister lived in Baghdad with her husband Faris and their 5 kids. They managed to get out before it all went bad, lost their home and everything, why am I rambling on when I just wanted to say Chet Baker touches your soul
Dear rami It's March 8th , it's currently 7:33 pm , im in tripoli libya , I can see the sunset through the window while laying on the couch alone in the house . Having thoughts of despair and loneliness not because I'm alone but because I have so much going on in my life that I can't share with anyone ... I know deep down that I need help yet I keep pretending to be strong. I am strong and I am capable but sometimes admiting that we need help is all we need. Kindest regards ❤ I hope this letter finds u well and loved
Scrolling through this comments section while listening to this masterpiece makes me wanna give each and everyone of you a warm hug, a blanket and a cupcake. Beautiful, sensitive, poetic souls here. I love you all. Greetings from Switzerland EDIT (May 2022): Wow. I come back here 3 years later and the world is now in a pandemic, which makes this thread even more special and beautiful to me. Thank you so much🥰. I also love reading where everyone is writing from 😍🌎 ! We might never have the chance to meet each other but I'm grateful for this connexion we share, right here. Please remember that you are worthy and you are loved. Always. See you in 3 years my friends.
I'm lonely...I know...music is the language of emotion. I know that, for sure. I've gotten my share of standing ovations. But I left everything 15 years ago to come to this place and care for my dear mother, who just died last October. We never thought she'd live this long! ha ha...but I took care of her till the end. She got her wish; she got to die in her sleep, in her own bed, in her house. God Bless my mom, Agnes...which means "Lamb Of God"...now she's gone. Every morning I wake up thinking I have something share with her...then look for her...and finally realize...she's gone. Sometimes I think I hear her calling my name. I know...this will all eventually pass...but I bet I can play the blues better than any 19-25 year old! ha ha...
It is currently 6:08pm here in the UK and I am sat with my cat Smudge on my lap who will unfortunately be put to sleep in an hour due to poor health, this will forever be our song. I love you Smudge, there will be no other like you. Thanks for being my best friend and the best cat anyone could have ever asked for.
I am a recent Jazz convert at the age of 65. I just cant get enough of this stuff. It reaches deep into my soul. I have found so many artists that I like but Chet has got to be the best or bloody close to it.
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Tonic for a weary soul. So interesting how art can turn hardship and sadness into something this lovely and expressive. It allows one to not wallow in their sad feelings, but rather to hear them reflected back as a universal part of the human condition, and to transcend them for a short time. It really is like a medicine for the aching soul.
This version is amazing! Recorded live in Tokyo in June 1987, less than one year before Chet's death. Chet was in great shape that night in Tokyo. There is a double CD of the concert... for anyone willing to listen and feel... Other musicians are: Bass - Hein Van de Geyn Drums -John Engels Piano - Harold Danko The video is also available here on RUclips. Enjoy!
Only Jesus can heal you. Beware of false doctrines, new age spirit and such like. Jesus is coming soon. Heaven and hell exist. Repent, receive His forgiveness and ask Him to take His rightful place in your life as your Savior and Lord. Jesus died the painful death our sins deserve. John 3:17 says, “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” By sacrificing himself for us on the cross, he took the punishment for all of our sins at once. Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Luke 13:24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
iltulipano ,I Really Appreciate This Most Important Information.I Have Been Searching For All The Musicians Who Played On This Track.Particularly And Specifically The Piano Player.Harold Danko Is Truly A Virtuoso!!
@83scalpel Chet Baker's and BB King's Thrill is gone have not a thing to do with one another. I mean they are not the same composition. Two totally different pieces of music. Not a version or rendition or anything like that. Nothing in common. allmusic: "From Chet Baker's first vocal recording session in 1953 (Chet Baker Sings [1953]) comes this cool West Coast jazz treatment of an old Tin Pan Alley song, not to be confused with the B.B. King blues hit from 1970. "wiki: Chet Baker's cover of 'the thrill is gone' by BB King??? i have no idea what you are talking about.
Chet Baker always lived against the grain. While the world was still ecstatic about fast and rhythmic bebop jazz, he defined an emotional and melancholy style that didn’t seem to correspond to the spirit of the time: “cool jazz”. He was one of the most unique singers in jazz and just as good a trumpet player. 6:16 [Ivy Style; Vialma Jazz]
Only Jesus can heal you. Beware of false doctrines, new age spirit and such like. Jesus is coming soon. Heaven and hell exist. Repent, receive His forgiveness and ask Him to take His rightful place in your life as your Savior and Lord. Jesus died the painful death our sins deserve. John 3:17 says, “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” By sacrificing himself for us on the cross, he took the punishment for all of our sins at once. Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Luke 13:24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
If one wishes to engage Art at it's core Truth - The ability to heal - it is mandatory to know the mechanics of Pain and have a desire above all other's to see others set free of it's dark & icy grip. Art is of The Light and only Light can cut The Darkness and make it bleed.
God he was so hurt. And you can hear it through his trumpet and sorrowful voice. My fave singer of all time. A voice where you can literally feel and resonate with his sadness.
Only Jesus can heal you. Beware of false doctrines, new age spirit and such like. Jesus is coming soon. Heaven and hell exist. Repent, receive His forgiveness and ask Him to take His rightful place in your life as your Savior and Lord. Jesus died the painful death our sins deserve. John 3:17 says, “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” By sacrificing himself for us on the cross, he took the punishment for all of our sins at once. Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Luke 13:24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Chet Baker has a memorial plaque in Amsterdam that says "Trumpet player and singer Chet Baker died here on May 13th, 1988 He will live on in his music for anyone willing to listen and feel"
@@bulletsunderpressure What are you talking about? He died because he fell off his hotel balcony in Amsterdam; this has been public knowledge for decades.
@@thebellcurve3437 From his heroine use! Years before pulled out his gold fillings for money. Heroine stole so much talent in music from us. It gave us nothing!
It's Monday morning. This is playing in a cafe built in the 30's. Its 7:15am, raining gently outside, still dark. No customers yet but each table has a candle just waiting for each new person to arrive. My coworker and I are ready to open in 15 minutes. We both take a breath and a sip from the day's first cup of coffee. We look out at the dark, rainy streets as people, one by one, pass under the street lights on their way to where they need to be. Those 15 minutes between now and opening are pure peace.
In that case, this song makes me feel like I am looking into the eyes of that perfect mate that only appears once in your life, and then vanishes only to remain like a surreal painting in the profound chambers of your soul echoing through time like a bittersweet memory that both delights and destroys any semblance of complete happiness in this existence...what? Never mind, it's very nice music.
I lived on South and Lombard in Baltimore for years. I'd listen to this song while it was raining with the windows open. The combination of the music and wet traffic was incredible
It's like the trompet is a voice that is trying to cry and tell me it's problems, and the piano is recomforting me with it's sweet melody, saying that everything can be beautiful and alright...
This mastery of melancholic music is absolutely incredible. I can feel the sorrow. I can see the sadness. It's amazing to live in this time where we have unparalleled access to a time no longer with us. All those who say you were born in the wrong generation. Think again. These times are unrivaled with regard to access to music, and information. Absolutely brilliant!
yea. I hate it when people have nothing music related to say and say the most random sh*t in music videos, like their spouse, their parent, their pet died and the song reminds them of it.. If you have nothing to say about the instruments, the arrangement, the mix or the performance, better don't comment and just enjoy?
@@joy1essmusic is supposed to evoke memories and emotions, so it’s definitely related. also no casual listener knows anything about arrangement or mixing
have you tried practicing this? i mean it's good but if you want to really look at his skill try summertime or something. this song isn't a good example of him really giving his all. it's a beautiful song nonetheless.
I've never played an instrument before in my life. But being a sucker for the horns and being a Jazz head, and a huge Chet fan, his work influences me to want to learn how to play. Chet is a master of his craft. And he plays with soo much soul.
Absolutely breathtaking. As a 22 year old man, masterpieces like this make me feel like i've loved for a thousand lifetimes, and been heartbroken equally as much. To be able to feel such emotion and connection from sheer sound, comes once every so often, and every musician that took part in this performance should be completely proud that they made that happen for so many people, including myself.
Now is the perfect time to die for you young man. ..George thorogood said "Just 22 and I don't mind dying " ...I had on piece of paper in my wallet, written, to play that song at my funeral "who do you love"....despite my wrecklessness it never happened for me at 22...shame.....
There was something magical about this guy. He had such a uniquely beautiful voice. I just watched the "Let's Get Lost" documentary about him again. It is a sad story, how he went from ethereally handsome to that tired look of a longtime drug user, but his voice and skill on his trumpet never left him. Probably my favorite jazz musician.
We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful
Sitting here tears rolling down. this beautiful song is making it better, but I can relate to the softness and the heart of the song. I thank God for Baker , Coltrane and the rest of the greats. Love is a wonderful thing but some of us are bound to get crushed. Hang in there people we'll be all right. Love, Tim
There is NOTHING like listening to this tune on a rainy night in Los Angeles while driving down Hollywood Boulevard. It really adds to the atmosphere; makes you feel like you're the last person on earth left alone with your deepest, darkest thoughts and feelings.
This song is his expression of "own destruction". Just because of his personality, he and others are able to touch our Souls... if chet were just simple music student, you really think he can do music like this?? Just People with broken wings, broken lifes and broken hearts can put that much passion into art
@@BK-lq1qz That's a ridiculously simplified way of looking at things. Don't defend mistakes. I love his music and empathize with him, but there's a firm line I have marked. Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, Pandit Jasraj, Charles Mingus, will you deny the monumental beauty of their music?
@@joadariu9005 I get what you mean but I think he is referring to this song particularly...and I would agree with that, the way it sounds buddy...it's like there are tears dripping out this trumpet...You can feel the sadness, the regrets, the pain and all the shit that cross a man's heart.
This is what loneliness and despair sounds like when there is little hope left, but the memory still burns in the distance with a faint glimmer, yet we still grasp, we still cling to what was but sadly will never be.
@@dekecumberland6349 it seems you need a life, if the best thing you can do is respond to all of the 1000 comments to call them “losers”. What a low life.
I guess I understand what you mean... It is just touching too much to hear this music. All the best, my dear!!! Keep your head up high and try to be thankful for every good moment in your life.
Lyrics Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here and she's almost you Almost all the things that you promised with your eyes I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who only aimed to be Almost blue Almost touching it will almost do There's a part of me that's always true...always All the things that you promised with your eyes I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost you Almost me Almost blue
This is what true art sounds like. What it elicits from you when you listen to it is the very definition of what art, great art, aspires to be. The comments you read here are a testament to the fact that even amidst this most insipid of eras great art, and the effect that it has, will endure. If you ever find yourself in despair at the culture of the day take some solace from the fact that over a long enough period of time genius always perseveres and mediocrity always perishes, Its just a matter of time. Longevity is the ultimate measure of art and by that standard Chet Baker is immortal.
Completely void of any flashy-ness, hauntingly beautiful. His use of silence, the soft trumpet whispers, feels like a warm embrace... humming in my ear, and all warmth...An achieved evocation of what it means to be human, alive, while already standing on the other side...
This song speaks to me in a language I didn't know I understood so perfectly clear. I am left speechless and agitated afterwards. Rare for a piece to touch me so deeply. Beautiful... Now If I could only not feel whatever it is I'm feeling right now
I've been going through a whole lot of internal struggles for a while. This, accompanied by the fall rain, really soothes the soul. If you're reading this the storm shall pass......but for now just grant yourself the beauty of this tune.
I think the depression or the loneliness is a opportunity to be absolutely free, its a opportunity that not many people get.. Be courageous and thankful everything will make sense in a while, just trust the process and you will see what an amazing artist god is =) I really found my self in the dark and now Im in love with the darkness. Its sad that so many people are so afraid of the darkness... I hope y'all have a nice day and don't forget to smile to at least yourself, be proud of yourself you came a long way
We cannot feel joy unless we’re willing to feel grief. Life itself includes all these feelings that make us human. Great art is made out of it. It’s not entertainment. It’s a reflection of life’s unfathomable richness and complexity, and an attempt to understand the meaning of it all. This may be my favorite song, but I don’t have the strength to listen very often.
Why do so many super talents like Chet Baker live short and unhappy lives while entertaining us to the max with songs like this? It is fashionable to think that the conflicted artist is necessary to entertain at the 'as-good-as-it-gets' level as does this trumpet player; but I don't think so myself. At any rate, thank you, Chet Baker.
+Yassine Taoudi I don't think that is true, Yassine. Many of the classical composers were well-rounded people and produced super work. Saint Seans comes to mind. For sure, there were conflicted composers as well (Puccini comes to mind). it just seems more jazz greats muddle their lives than in other genres.......
+Cecil Williams It's true that we can find examples that prove I could be wrong.. But still, I believe that it depends on what you like.. If you- like me- like sad music, you'll love the romantic composers such as Chopin or Rachmaninov... And guess what, Rachmaninov composed his most famous piece (second piano concerto) after 3 years of deep sadness... Same story for beethoven's moonlight sonata, he was in love with a girl that didn't love him... So as I said, those extraordinary musics which are extremely sad wouldn't have been composed if the composers were living "cool" lives...
11pm laying in bed after long emotional day involving my current girlfriend. Im 65 and she's 45. We love one another but we're both strong minded, emotional and volatile. I could end our relationship in a second but a part of me knows that I will miss her in my soul. So conflicting being that I am a peaceful and laid-back individual. Only God knows what is in store for us. I hope to make the best of it. Thanks for reading and blessings all around. Carlos Jesus Gonzalez. McAllen Tx. 12/20/2021
We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful
@@Manumanu-ul1qd: Chet Baker's shortened life due to drugs is a tragedy. But that does not change the fact that he was extremely talented. Personally, I feel that the world would be better without drugs. I have seen too many people's lives shortened due to them. PEACE!
I discovered Chet on accident when I was searching up what cool jazz was. I'm a classical musician, and I don't listen to a lot of jazz at all, but this has just changed my mind completely. It's strange how I used to object listening to jazz for my whole music career (which was a mistake), and now I listen to it so regularly. Classical music will always be my favourite type of music, but this music is amazing also. I don't regret finding Chet Baker.
Otakanime Well, we ALL have a “shelf life”.. an “expiration date”. One day you and I will travel that way too BUT, for me......though I will go through the “shadow of death”, I will fear no evil because of JESUS CHRIST.
Chet plays his soul. His trumpet is expressing the soul of his heart. The despair in his heart. The loneliness in his heart. The love he has to give in his heart. Chet's trumpet is his soul and his ambition. His trumpet is his way of expressing his life to the world, his way of letting the world know who he is!
rembering when I was in London, seven years ago, and I used to listen this song almost every afternoon when the sun went down, and everything around me was so calm, so beautiful, so blue.. and I still remember the peaceful of that moments, I was young, so crazy, so happy and so sad about life, I would to come back there even also for a few minutes. Thanks Chet for this feelings, I will never forget in my life.
I spent part of my youth traveling back and forth on the Venice lagoon. Even the greatest beauty fades, when seen too many times. But then there's a single night of pure desire, and that's where this tunes leads me to. To a moment of my youth my heart forgot.
Frank Strazzeri is the pianist. You're Welcome. EDIT: Upon further investigation, the pianist is actually Harold Danko in this recording. He was the pianist creditted in the 'Chet Baker in Tokyo' album. Frank Strazzeri was the pianist in 'Let's get Lost', the documentary on Chet. ruclips.net/video/tbl5k73Sri4/видео.html
without question the most beautiful, profound thread of comments I've ever seen on a YT thread. And I saw Chet, live, up close to his trumpet and voice, at NY's Village Vanguard - these posts are genuine - he evoked feelings like that when you saw his tattered, worn but strangely magical presense up close and personal. Met him too, soft-spoken cat.
I love this comment and I so agree -- I'm astonished by the passionate, almost confessional quality of many of these comments. And I also notice many posters here who aren't necessarily writers or poets have been moved by this music to try to write poetry -- or sometimes detective novels or film noir. It's an incredible thread -- the humanity.
I would listen to this mostly when getting drunk. Now I stopped the drunk part and still listen. I have to muster internal bravery to listen sober...But when I do allow Almost Blue to be a sober pleasure, I gain strength from it. Thank you Chet Baker.
We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful
*The Legend Who Sings Like His Trumpet* One with his instrument and the piano is so on point in this production, its almost unbelievable how well performed this arrangement is. Masterpiece 💙
En 1967, en la ciudad de Rosario, en Argentina había conferencias de jazz. En el oscuro proyectaban diapositivas y tocaban discos. La audiencia en total silencio presenciaba anonadados la magia de este género fascinante y hoy, después de 53 años en EEUU lo que más me conmueve es darme cuenta que esa magia perdura a través del tiempo. Gracias Chet. Gracias Rosario❤️
Es la primera vez que escucho a Chet y despues de haber dejado Baires en el 1970 me trae recuerdos pasados, entiendo esos momentos de escuchar los tangos, de leer Cortazar y otros. No es mufa, es mas profundo.
Jorge Cafrune, uno de mis cantantes favoritos... Differentes las canciones pero me dan calma, no es el estilo, es el interprete que hace porque a mi NO me gusta JAZZ 🤪. Chet Baker, con el si se puede 👍
Las veladas de jazz eran en una biblioteca pública llamada “Estímulo al Estudio” los discos LP los trataban como joyas y cuando la púa bajaba y tocaba era como un trance. Cada nota, cada acorde me hacían pensar en Nueva York, o Chicago, algo así. Calles mojadas, el frío y los rascacielos y taxis y gente pasando. Algo que hoy veo a diario y sigo escuchando con audífonos y el jazz me acompaña todo el tiempo.
Perhaps.....perhaps not. People do drugs because they suffer pain. It is also inappropriate to judge the dead, especially from those who were not there to know the artist, his peers, his background and his times. Regardless, his best legacy is the beautiful music he gave to everyone.
translates all the feelings I'm having in this particular time of my life. Got to listen to it every day. Thanks for this masterpiece. Cheers from Brazil.
When I'm feeling sad, nostalgic, or heartbroken, I find myself yearning to hear Chet Baker's music. His music is magical and absolutely potent. I don't think there exists music that expresses painful sadness as realistically as his. Thank you, Mr. Baker. Your music consoles me when I need it most.
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Dude doesn't start singing till 5 minutes in. He establishes the mood and tone. Then he tells you what all the previous 5 minutes was about. It's so good. Like watching a silent film and then talking about the plot, but with song.
That is why he is a genius .
you re genius logan bro!
Puckoooooooooooooooooooooo!
Chet, baby!.
well put.
The "almost blue" feeling is the worst one a person can go through. Not depressed not sad just deeply unsatisfied and drowned. I love this song
Well said 👏
Blue are the words I say
And what I think
Blue are the feelings...
THAT LIVE INSIDE ME
“Deeply unsatisfied and drowned” that sounds like depression bro
@@Emanuel-bm9vn could be
I don’t know, I’d rather feel unsatisfied than how I feel regularly. But every feeling is considered. I just… can’t explain.
This song is crazy, but damn, that drummer has got to be vibeing on a different level. It almost sounds like rain. Amazing.
drum brushes ..?
@@serotonic596 must be, maybe one could find a live performance and have a peek.
That's what I was thinking.
Yr right On!
Well said sir.
My husband of 54 years died 3 days ago. He was a trumpet player. I'm enjoying the vibe
rest in peace🤍
Sorry for your loss. My dad was a trumpet player too. Very dedicated and a very interesting man xx
I hope you're doing well. I imagine how much it must hurt
Sorry for your loss.
🙏🏼
How cruel is life when a sound as delcate as the finest glass comes from a man just as fragile.
Thank you, Chet Baker
Why are you talking to him he is dead live home da Fock alone
@@violettegauvrit5835 lol shut up
You're pretentious gibberish shows what a pathetic loser you are.
@@dekecumberland6349 so sorry man i was going trough a dark place in my mind it was actualy a joke don't come at me like that please
We are all fragile when we fall two stories to the sidewalk below.
No one quite captured melancholy the way Chet did. He was a genius.
One of the most famous jazz musicians of all time, Chet Baker was an iconic cool jazz trumpeter and singer. In truth, Baker’s voice was unusual. Mellow, sonorous, and defined by a somnolent languidness, it also had a mysterious androgynous quality. Chet Baker rose to fame in the late 1950s as part of the West Coast Jazz movement; a more calm, cool and restrained take on jazz music. 5:35 [Famuse Talent; Jazzfuel; Journal Philistine Toronto]
@Edoardo Bonel Bill Evans was an exceptional pianist. One of the absolute best.
@@TrinidadJamesWoods YESSS
Amen to that
@knickertwistcopperby6066I used to watch an old man singing this song in my local pub on karaoke night every Friday. In Elvis Costello style. Completely drunk and he sang beautifully. Always the same song until he died
A number of years ago I spent a year in New York. One weekend, I don't remember the hotel I was staying in, but I had found a really good jazz station. I had just fixed myself a drink when this song came on. I stood there, drink in hand, looking out on the city as a soft rain was falling. Of course it would have been better if a semi-nude woman had been beckoning to come back to bed. But it was real life not a movie. The mood was just right with the drink and Chet Baker on the radio. I've never forgot that moment. And everytime I hear this song, I'm back in that hotel room. Sometimes life just gives you that perfect moment you can keep in mind forever. Thanks for posting this awesome song... Greetings from Iran
...real life not a movie....
God bless you for these words
Wow. Nice to read you again after all this time, Mr Kerouack. Hey, it's not you? It's your soul, though.
what a delightfully charming way to describe the moment. One must be careful as life imitates art, imitates life, imitates art...it's all a movie. Are you Persian or just visiting? I would guess Persian, as I have never met a Persian man that did not have polite judgments, weren't wildly romantic, and all delighted in making one feel like a delicate flower. Pleased to greet another aficianato
aficionado LOL Greetings from the East Coast, USA
@@pameladewinter8724
Madame, many thanks for your kind words. I'm Persian from Teheran with many american friends, since i was working for Merrill Lynch...
ohh man, this is really how sadness speaks, straight to the depths of the soul
This is not depressing.
This is the sound of life
The sound of every winter and spring that we shared together
The sound of laughter
Fading away
Achieving their purpose
In tears
Sadness
Thank You Chet
You re immortal
Thankyou for posting this I’m gonna get this tattooed
Yessssss
Estoy de acuerdo. No es deprimente. Es simplemente bella y melancólica
These words moved me ...thank you
💎
No matter how much I try, I can't escape the feels. I always seem to be captured by a cloak melancholy. Not quite depressed, not unhappy, but missing something or someone I need.
The spirit of this song, Chet Baker , such a sad soul. I keep coming back to let this song speak for the way I feel. ALMOST BLUE
Someone will fill your soul and make you complete one day...
it's my go to song mostly when i drink a lot and i dont know why....my heart is torn apart and i can't put it back together...so i drink and play this
Same.
@@stiofanmac3376 lol fucking lame, get a therapist
You should get close to God. Gain spirituality.
My father was a jazz musician he played the saxophone. He was never in my life just came and gone. Visited like every other weekend. Then he just stopped and I never saw him again. He's passed away in my twenty's didn't really feel hurt by him being gone though. I do how ever have a love for jazz soul blues and anything with a saxophone. I guess I am drawn to this type of music but inside it makes me feel closer to my father. Who I have come to miss and dearly love over the years despite him not being alive. A son will always need his father even in death. Love you dad.
God bless you chris
Your Dad loves you back. You know.
You are beautiful
Feel him note for note from Turkey
You are a good man brother, God and your Mother have made good to you between now and forever. But the unseen and pain is the real teacher…
My 18-year-old son died 61 days ago. He loves chet Baker very much, so I love listening to him now. His separation is killing me. He is an artist, guitarist, painter, and graphic designer, but unfortunately, he decided to leave and leave the pain in my heart.
We all are going to leave, sooner or later. This world isn’t the world your son had aimed for. He’s in a better place and is doing very well by Allah’s Mercy and Grace. My sincere condolences to you ..
LI am the Highway@@MuhammedSultan-tc1vt
My condolences
How sad. Deepest sympathies to you and yours. I can't imagine that kind of pain and sorrow.
Feel srry to hear that . Hope You stay calm and reasonable 😊👍
When you start to feel sad, dont fight it. Embrace it. Feel as sad as you possibly can. Dive as deep as you can into the darkness and realize youre still alive. Realize how normal it feels and youre not alone, no matter if you feel so alone. Embrace the darkness. Outlive the depression
This comment. All the feelings.
I never agreed so much.
@eva Spinaci acknowledge it. Live it. Cry. Dig deep. With my own depression, I ignore it until I can't. I think it would help if I regularly intervened and acknowledged and expressed it. And attended to it. Being physically active is the best counter-measure. I say this from experience (I fail at practicing tho), and from my uni classes.
Ok Sasuke
I needed to read that. Thank u
“There’s a girl here and she’s almost you”
“All those things you promised with your eyes, I see in hers too”
Sadness isn’t looking at grey skies it seems, but remembering they were once blue.
❤
Damn bro that's deep
I d say : he .. but deep still remains
@@jorgecolin1717 I was high as fuck when I listened to this video, I don’t know what I was thinking busting out some quote type shit like I’m Mark Twain or something 😂
@@TheJackster-tl8oi In that case, whatever you were on - I want some.
We should send Chet discography in space just to let the whole universe know that we are capable of something beautiful after all
Yes Indeed
Beautiful by the interpretation of human ears. Aliens might just find it to be white noise for all we know.
best youtube comment, ever
definitely best comment ever
in space, no one can hear you play jazz
Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere.
+1 :'(
@@khaoula3758If you don't know, he's quoting a line from the movie Taxi Driver. It's worth a watch.
You sound like a heartbrolen callous middle aged detective that narrates his own life. But yeah man, me too
This is a man, who could not take it anymore.
This is...
There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man
I don't know why, but it sounds as if the instruments are talking to each other.
The trumpet is sad, the piano comforts it, etc.
Corue This is actually very common in Jazz and is known as call and response. The instruments speak to each other, taking turns, in a conversational tone. Some songs catch the intonation of the human voice in a more obvious manner than others. This is one such song.
Man, i saw one comment about what you said about it. And i either think the same.
@@alyssabowen9297 can you suggest me a book about jazz that is popular? (because i can't understand english very well especially if its written in a therotical type maybe one that you will suggest has been translated to my language.)
Pygmalion read geoff dyer’s ‘but beautiful’. it has a chapter on chet.
That's the magic of music my friend
Scary how much we share under this endless blue sky, isn't it?
like hell
Ah yes, quite.
Sheldon i must agree with you sir. It truly is painfully pleasant
Mine is grey
Kérian Fiter through those grey clouds there is a mighty blue sky and a bright, golden sun. Don’t worry. Their time will come to appear
My life is falling apart, my only brother has died 4 months ago, my parents are getting divorce because my father is making very bad actions, I must take care of my two nephews, and the things in my work aren't so well.
I've been listening Chet all day long, cause, this is the only thing that's making me feel a little better.
Have faith in yourself, random person
I hope it gets better for you, much love
Hope things will get better. You're strong 💖✨
I hope everything goes the right way very soon
Just stay strong, more beautiful days are waiting for you 🖤
This too shall pass Bren.
its January 6th 2024, its currently 3:01 am in Baghdad Iraq, I am listening to this with my laptop with a video call on my phone enjoying this music with the girl I love, the weather is cold and my feet are freezing yet I am enjoying this masterpiece and my girls is asking why it takes so long for me to write this comment, enjoy the life people, enjoy love, enjoy the sadness and feel accepted, the meaning is all around you you just have to see through it.
First of all, I hope you're safe. I'm in deepest French countryside cooking a curry, listening to this waiting for my girl to arrive. This music goes with our sodden landscape right now. Bleak and wet. It carries me away.
❤❤❤
Nice picture painted
My sister lived in Baghdad with her husband Faris and their 5 kids. They managed to get out before it all went bad, lost their home and everything, why am I rambling on when I just wanted to say Chet Baker touches your soul
Dear rami
It's March 8th , it's currently 7:33 pm , im in tripoli libya , I can see the sunset through the window while laying on the couch alone in the house .
Having thoughts of despair and loneliness not because I'm alone but because I have so much going on in my life that I can't share with anyone ...
I know deep down that I need help yet I keep pretending to be strong.
I am strong and I am capable but sometimes admiting that we need help is all we need.
Kindest regards ❤ I hope this letter finds u well and loved
Scrolling through this comments section while listening to this masterpiece makes me wanna give each and everyone of you a warm hug, a blanket and a cupcake. Beautiful, sensitive, poetic souls here. I love you all. Greetings from Switzerland
EDIT (May 2022):
Wow. I come back here 3 years later and the world is now in a pandemic, which makes this thread even more special and beautiful to me. Thank you so much🥰. I also love reading where everyone is writing from 😍🌎 ! We might never have the chance to meet each other but I'm grateful for this connexion we share, right here. Please remember that you are worthy and you are loved. Always.
See you in 3 years my friends.
Natinat 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Thank you🙏
OooRah~
Natinat Thank you! I agree with you. Chet Baker is tops! Come to New Orleans.
Natinat Greetings from Morocco!
The universal language isn't love or music; it's loneliness.
No one needs to be lonely.
....poetic. Amen.
Underrated comment
I'm lonely...I know...music is the language of emotion. I know that, for sure. I've gotten my share of standing ovations. But I left everything 15 years ago to come to this place and care for my dear mother, who just died last October. We never thought she'd live this long! ha ha...but I took care of her till the end. She got her wish; she got to die in her sleep, in her own bed, in her house. God Bless my mom, Agnes...which means "Lamb Of God"...now she's gone. Every morning I wake up thinking I have something share with her...then look for her...and finally realize...she's gone. Sometimes I think I hear her calling my name. I know...this will all eventually pass...but I bet I can play the blues better than any 19-25 year old! ha ha...
@@MrCrossbones2008 Glad she lived a lot.
The same shadows that surrounded her will one day surround me.
Rest in peace Agnes.
not a bad thing to listen to on Valentine's day
Not at all...
Komm süsser tod spotfy's playlist
Why would it be bad
you forgot the other essential, a bottle of jack or tequila
My favourite
It is currently 6:08pm here in the UK and I am sat with my cat Smudge on my lap who will unfortunately be put to sleep in an hour due to poor health, this will forever be our song.
I love you Smudge, there will be no other like you. Thanks for being my best friend and the best cat anyone could have ever asked for.
RIP smodge
I’m so sorry friend 😢
I feel with you
😢💔
RIP Smidgeon
I am a recent Jazz convert at the age of 65. I just cant get enough of this stuff.
It reaches deep into my soul. I have found so many artists that I like but Chet has got to be the best or bloody close to it.
Chris Botti “Emmanuel”is my favorite song in the entire world. You should give it a listen.
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bill evans. those two are givin me evrything
i recommend you hearing time after time by chet too
Tonic for a weary soul. So interesting how art can turn hardship and sadness into something this lovely and expressive. It allows one to not wallow in their sad feelings, but rather to hear them reflected back as a universal part of the human condition, and to transcend them for a short time. It really is like a medicine for the aching soul.
Tuan Jim beautiful words
Beautifully put sir
Your lines are so beautiful sir#
This is such a beautiful comment!
Poetically put, Tuan Jim...medicine for the aching soul, indeed.
This version is amazing! Recorded live in Tokyo in June 1987, less than one year before Chet's death.
Chet was in great shape that night in Tokyo.
There is a double CD of the concert... for anyone willing to listen and feel...
Other musicians are:
Bass - Hein Van de Geyn
Drums -John Engels
Piano - Harold Danko
The video is also available here on RUclips. Enjoy!
Thank you very much.
Thank you, so beautiful song.
tanks
Thank you.
Thank you, buddy
2024 check. Just about every Sunday night would be appropriate to listen to this melancholy orchestration of most excellent jazz artistry.
Only Jesus can heal you. Beware of false doctrines, new age spirit and such like.
Jesus is coming soon.
Heaven and hell exist.
Repent, receive His forgiveness and ask Him to take His rightful place in your life as your Savior and Lord.
Jesus died the painful death our sins deserve. John 3:17 says, “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” By sacrificing himself for us on the cross, he took the punishment for all of our sins at once.
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Chet Baker - Vocals, Trumpet
Harold Danko - Piano
Hein Van Der Geyn - Bass
John Engels - Drums
iltulipano ,I Really Appreciate This Most Important Information.I Have Been Searching For All The Musicians Who Played On This Track.Particularly And Specifically The Piano Player.Harold Danko Is Truly A Virtuoso!!
@83scalpel Thank You everyone for the synopsis. CMJ Canada
Thank you for this. I don't know much about chet baker. Never knew he sang his songs too.
Nice that Hein Van Der Geyn is dutch. Gives me hopes
@83scalpel Chet Baker's and BB King's Thrill is gone have not a thing to do with one another. I mean they are not the same composition. Two totally different pieces of music. Not a version or rendition or anything like that. Nothing in common. allmusic: "From Chet Baker's first vocal recording session in 1953 (Chet Baker Sings [1953]) comes this cool West Coast jazz treatment of an old Tin Pan Alley song, not to be confused with the B.B. King blues hit from 1970. "wiki: Chet Baker's cover of 'the thrill is gone' by BB King??? i have no idea what you are talking about.
Chet Baker can break your heart, make you fall in love, contemplate everything, and make you smile like a child.
Chet Baker always lived against the grain. While the world was still ecstatic about fast and rhythmic bebop jazz, he defined an emotional and melancholy style that didn’t seem to correspond to the spirit of the time: “cool jazz”.
He was one of the most unique singers in jazz and just as good a trumpet player. 6:16 [Ivy Style; Vialma Jazz]
@@Gurci28❤❤❤
That is such a beautiful way to put what I’m feeling, thank you Elvis Costello for showing me Chet XXX
Blue, or almost blue, he played beautiful, sang beautiful, and he was beautiful💧💙💗💔💞
Only Jesus can heal you. Beware of false doctrines, new age spirit and such like.
Jesus is coming soon.
Heaven and hell exist.
Repent, receive His forgiveness and ask Him to take His rightful place in your life as your Savior and Lord.
Jesus died the painful death our sins deserve. John 3:17 says, “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” By sacrificing himself for us on the cross, he took the punishment for all of our sins at once.
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
The most beautiful works of art, come with the greatest amounts of pain.
True❤
If one wishes to engage Art at it's core Truth - The ability to heal - it is mandatory to know the mechanics of Pain and have a desire above all other's to see others set free of it's dark & icy grip.
Art is of The Light and only Light can cut The Darkness and make it bleed.
It's true I tripped in art class and made a work of art
Sygg, River Guide pure poetry man . What a beautiful thought you expressed in words .
To feel pain is a way to make art too...
God he was so hurt. And you can hear it through his trumpet and sorrowful voice. My fave singer of all time. A voice where you can literally feel and resonate with his sadness.
Yes :( So much pain...
V@@xoen6❤
❤
@dionne,5758 ❤
Only Jesus can heal you. Beware of false doctrines, new age spirit and such like.
Jesus is coming soon.
Heaven and hell exist.
Repent, receive His forgiveness and ask Him to take His rightful place in your life as your Savior and Lord.
Jesus died the painful death our sins deserve. John 3:17 says, “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” By sacrificing himself for us on the cross, he took the punishment for all of our sins at once.
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Trumpet: I am sad...
Piano: thats ok, it will fade...
Wow its like if the instruments really do say this
And the bass?
The bass died from leukemia that’s why they’re sad
@@jovit195 rip bass 💀
Funny how a comment months ago said the same thing, but with more words.
Chet Baker is like the Rain of music. I can't really describe it, but his sound gives off the same feeling that rain does.
Very well said, exactly my sentiment.
I had to be the thumbs down. Chet was a junkie that played trumpet. He's lucky we even care.
ASMR?
Yeag dude!
Melancholy
Chet Baker has a memorial plaque in Amsterdam that says
"Trumpet player and singer
Chet Baker
died here on May 13th, 1988
He will live on in his music
for anyone willing
to listen and feel"
any idea where? I'd love to go check it out!
@@gkpdougiiieee Hotel Prins Hendrik, Prins Hendrikkade 52-58, Amsterdam, www.hotel-prinshendrik.nl/en/
Died because he was locked out of his room, tried to cross from the balcony of the adjacent room to the balcony of his room, and fell in the process.
@@whatthecello42 He fell because he was doped up on coke and heroin.
@@whatthecello42 ass hole
RIP Chet Baker (December 23, 1929 - May 13, 1988), aged 58
You will be remembered as a legend.
Same age. Respect. First time but not the last!
Died to heroine of all things. Not even his wikipedia page says what happened to him. RIP chet.
@@bulletsunderpressure What are you talking about? He died because he fell off his hotel balcony in Amsterdam; this has been public knowledge for decades.
👍
@@thebellcurve3437 From his heroine use! Years before pulled out his gold fillings for money. Heroine stole so much talent in music from us. It gave us nothing!
This is where sadness meets with sophistication
And then you showed up...
I couldn't have said it more eloquently. Thank you. 🌹
Just sadness....
@@deedeekreep9139 😢
@@Manumanu-ul1qd lmao
It's Monday morning. This is playing in a cafe built in the 30's. Its 7:15am, raining gently outside, still dark. No customers yet but each table has a candle just waiting for each new person to arrive. My coworker and I are ready to open in 15 minutes. We both take a breath and a sip from the day's first cup of coffee. We look out at the dark, rainy streets as people, one by one, pass under the street lights on their way to where they need to be. Those 15 minutes between now and opening are pure peace.
thank you :")
@@evam7431 What for? :D
CaptainSpork7 i just really liked this comment :)
Manuel Do Pazo .....and?
@@manueldopazo6014 I didn't mean my shift was in the 30s (:
In that case, this song makes me feel like I am looking into the eyes of that perfect mate that only appears once in your life, and then vanishes only to remain like a surreal painting in the profound chambers of your soul echoing through time like a bittersweet memory that both delights and destroys any semblance of complete happiness in this existence...what? Never mind, it's very nice music.
Too true.
+Flu Pachi i agree
+Flu Pachi Verbose
have quoted you when posting this song on Facebook!!! haven't heard such inspiring words for ages
+Flu Pachi wish I could quote like you man.....you should consider writing
I lived on South and Lombard in Baltimore for years. I'd listen to this song while it was raining with the windows open. The combination of the music and wet traffic was incredible
It's like the trompet is a voice that is trying to cry and tell me it's problems, and the piano is recomforting me with it's sweet melody, saying that everything can be beautiful and alright...
That’s the most poetic thing I’ve ever heard
Aren't you sober?
paradoxicalman 19 I swear I'm not trippin'
Eduardo Vianna that was deep, man
Eduardo Vianna got it
This mastery of melancholic music is absolutely incredible. I can feel the sorrow. I can see the sadness. It's amazing to live in this time where we have unparalleled access to a time no longer with us. All those who say you were born in the wrong generation. Think again. These times are unrivaled with regard to access to music, and information. Absolutely brilliant!
Thanks for your view. Thats a nice point to look down from.
@@extol2247- yes, I'm torn between the idea of being in the audience when this music was being performed live and having unlimited access to it! 😲
This has to be one of my favourite comment sections on RUclips.
If pretentious drool from pathetic losers is your preferred content, then that makes perfect sense.
@@dekecumberland6349 your last name is Cumberland
@@dekecumberland6349 As opposed to "WHO'S WATCHING IN 2021? OMG WHO CAME HERE FROM TIKTOK 😩😩"
Yeah I think I prefer this comment section
that`s because the comments come from people who are feeling the hurt and pain expressed by the music....
@Solitude Zero Too funny. If you have to ask hahahaha.
I'm not depressed, i'm not missing someone I'm just enjoying this masterpiece
im all 3
yea. I hate it when people have nothing music related to say and say the most random sh*t in music videos, like their spouse, their parent, their pet died and the song reminds them of it.. If you have nothing to say about the instruments, the arrangement, the mix or the performance, better don't comment and just enjoy?
@@joy1essmusic is supposed to evoke memories and emotions, so it’s definitely related. also no casual listener knows anything about arrangement or mixing
@@Thestoicrevolution-v5o I doubt a lot of those comments are even real.. they all seem really generic and copy n paste
CHET BAKER! AND THIS SONG AMONGST SONG AFTER SONG TIME AFTER TIME@ I LOVE HIM❤❤❤
I’ve watched thousands of RUclips videos and have never seen a comments section like this
The perfection of this brings out the truth in people
This is the blue corner of www...
Valeriae, u r very wise.
GREAT post.
This makes me so happy and so sad at the same time
exactly the same!
I might add peace?......
maybe just thinking ...time is running... I don't know why but it reminds me something about the Time with a ''T''
I hear you buddy
i call it calmness....peace..
A écouter au petit matin, bien installé dans sa voiture, tandis que la pluie tombe et que l'on roule doucement quand la ville dort encore.
Sublime !
Muszę tak spróbować koniecznie.Satysfakcja gwarantowana.
Ça fait toujours son effet 👌
Vous êtes un poète
Is exactly what I am doing ❤
Oui j'imagine ❤
This is probably the saddest song I've ever heard. And one of the most beautifuls too.
As a trumpet player, in terms of tone quality, the strength and clarity of it, and also his timing, he's in a league of his own. No one can touch him.
have you tried practicing this?
i mean it's good but if you want to really look at his skill try summertime or something.
this song isn't a good example of him really giving his all.
it's a beautiful song nonetheless.
As a trumpet player as well, the tone for this is so driving. It’s almost impossible to recreate
So sorrowfully peaceful, so expressively tender,
I think Miles Dewey Davis is up there with Chet.
I've never played an instrument before in my life. But being a sucker for the horns and being a Jazz head, and a huge Chet fan, his work influences me to want to learn how to play. Chet is a master of his craft. And he plays with soo much soul.
Only miles davis
Absolutely breathtaking. As a 22 year old man, masterpieces like this make me feel like i've loved for a thousand lifetimes, and been heartbroken equally as much. To be able to feel such emotion and connection from sheer sound, comes once every so often, and every musician that took part in this performance should be completely proud that they made that happen for so many people, including myself.
CoMa I
That's pretty good for 22.
Now is the perfect time to die for you young man. ..George thorogood said "Just 22 and I don't mind dying " ...I had on piece of paper in my wallet, written, to play that song at my funeral "who do you love"....despite my wrecklessness it never happened for me at 22...shame.....
@@TheCoatneyadkins the fuck you talm bout
As a who cares just listen to the music
"There's a girl here, and she's almost you." Great line.
Fuck man that timing i read it while chet sings it.
There was something magical about this guy. He had such a uniquely beautiful voice. I just watched the "Let's Get Lost" documentary about him again. It is a sad story, how he went from ethereally handsome to that tired look of a longtime drug user, but his voice and skill on his trumpet never left him. Probably my favorite jazz musician.
We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful
@@Manumanu-ul1qd Even creepier because you're eloquent and obviously took some time to post that.
The song for the mornings who had no nights.
Got me thinking ab lots and lots of stuffs. Here's to your nights, sir
Couldn't of said it Better myself...
@@TH-dl9qi And To The Nights, That Had No Mornings...To You As Well, Kind Sir....
Perfectly worded, and appreciated
Actually, it is the songs of the nights that has no mornings...
Sitting here tears rolling down. this beautiful song is making it better, but I can relate to the softness and the heart of the song. I thank God for Baker , Coltrane and the rest of the greats. Love is a wonderful thing but some of us are bound to get crushed. Hang in there people we'll be all right. Love, Tim
I second the Brigadier's comment. Well done.
great words.Thanks and stay cool!
have another drink
Amen!!! MEATLOAF3, this song is just so full of feelings ty for sharing
MEATLOAF 3 I hope so, but at least we do have beautiful things like this.
There is NOTHING like listening to this tune on a rainy night in Los Angeles while driving down Hollywood Boulevard. It really adds to the atmosphere; makes you feel like you're the last person on earth left alone with your deepest, darkest thoughts and feelings.
I should try sometime...
Missing L.A. so much!
thewaywardpoet it never fuckin rains in Hollywood
I like that feeling .
thewaywardpoet l
...almost.
I am 25 years old,I found This Guy a Couple Of year ago now...His music,Apart of being from other time,Is simply a work of art.
Read up on him.
Gifted and tragic life!😎
And when you think this couldn't be more perfect... he starts singing. I love this song.
and i reached your comment in the space of the moment just as the words begin to flow
So sad how so many talented, beautiful people are the authors of their own destruction.
This song is his expression of "own destruction". Just because of his personality, he and others are able to touch our Souls... if chet were just simple music student, you really think he can do music like this?? Just People with broken wings, broken lifes and broken hearts can put that much passion into art
@@BK-lq1qz That's a ridiculously simplified way of looking at things. Don't defend mistakes. I love his music and empathize with him, but there's a firm line I have marked. Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, Pandit Jasraj, Charles Mingus, will you deny the monumental beauty of their music?
@@joadariu9005 I get what you mean but I think he is referring to this song particularly...and I would agree with that, the way it sounds buddy...it's like there are tears dripping out this trumpet...You can feel the sadness, the regrets, the pain and all the shit that cross a man's heart.
"It is in your nature...to destroy yourselves..."
Forget 'destruction'. From his pain came his most heartfelt music.
This is what loneliness and despair sounds like when there is little hope left, but the memory still burns in the distance with a faint glimmer, yet we still grasp, we still cling to what was but sadly will never be.
👍🇨🇦
Get a life, you pathetic loser.
@@dekecumberland6349 it seems you need a life, if the best thing you can do is respond to all of the 1000 comments to call them “losers”. What a low life.
Facts.💯
This is literally medicine for any anxious feelings ❤
I concur.
same here
I've been listening to nothing but Chet Baker since 2023 began. I'm not sure if it's making me feel better, or worse...but I love it
However it makes you feel, you will always be listening to music made with passion and full of emotion
I guess I understand what you mean... It is just touching too much to hear this music. All the best, my dear!!! Keep your head up high and try to be thankful for every good moment in your life.
It can only do you good.
Fella was the Radiohead of his times
@Wonderhussy blessings to see you here
Lyrics
Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do
There's a girl here and she's almost you
Almost all the things that you promised with your eyes I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying
Almost blue
Flirting with this disaster became me
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Almost blue
Almost touching it will almost do
There's a part of me that's always true...always
All the things that you promised with your eyes I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying
Almost you
Almost me
Almost blue
Thank you so much for posting this. It is essential for insight and personal reflection...
Thank you.❤
Saw him perform in Los Angeles in the’80s. Masterful emotional sounds!
that's beautiful bro
Thanks
This 7 minutes of my life was worth it.
Annaliza Bendal I made it an hour... on repeat
Ah Chet I grew to adult Age listening to you. Thanks for getting me through the hard times
Only 7? Haha
I can't even begin to think how stupid the rest of your life must be if this pathetic drool is the best that ever happened to you.
This is what true art sounds like. What it elicits from you when you listen to it is the very definition of what art, great art, aspires to be. The comments you read here are a testament to the fact that even amidst this most insipid of eras great art, and the effect that it has, will endure. If you ever find yourself in despair at the culture of the day take some solace from the fact that over a long enough period of time genius always perseveres and mediocrity always perishes, Its just a matter of time. Longevity is the ultimate measure of art and by that standard Chet Baker is immortal.
Man I wish that I could have said that. Thanks!
Completely void of any flashy-ness, hauntingly beautiful. His use of silence, the soft trumpet whispers, feels like a warm embrace... humming in my ear, and all warmth...An achieved evocation of what it means to be human, alive, while already standing on the other side...
foshou citron; nice and poetic.
Chet had one of the best tones on the trumpet. I've yet to hear anybody that could play as gently as he did.
Clifford Brown on the 1954 (I think) recording with Helen Merrill.
Just got into jazz. Have to say. I fell in love with this beautiful music .
You should subscribe to Berklee College of Music channel, you can experience different flavour of jazz and other genres in one channel
Now,listen to free jazz!
If you are here, congratulations. You have obtained the highest level of music taste.
@Floyd Williams jazz is awesome... I used to hate it when i was a kid, but it grew on me soooo fast
You should listen to a band called HereComesTheMummies you'll love them
This song speaks to me in a language I didn't know I understood so perfectly clear. I am left speechless and agitated afterwards. Rare for a piece to touch me so deeply. Beautiful... Now If I could only not feel whatever it is I'm feeling right now
I've been going through a whole lot of internal struggles for a while. This, accompanied by the fall rain, really soothes the soul. If you're reading this the storm shall pass......but for now just grant yourself the beauty of this tune.
What you mean is that you are a pathetic loser who listens to stupid drool
@@dekecumberland6349 ah so we meet again lmao, my guy I don't think you understand jazz.
@@valkorion7042 And I don't think you understand music.
@@dekecumberland6349 so you pulling a no u? Lol
@@dekecumberland6349 Why do you need to spread your negativity here when people are just trying to vibe?
RIP Chet,thank you for leaving us with such moving and deep feeling music.
The pianist seems to share the sensitivity and whimsical subtlety of Chet's musical mood. They are connected inextricably in purpose.
Ted Murphree that's what I was thinking. Do you know who is?
Harold Danko
gracias :)
Like jerry n brent
I think the depression or the loneliness is a opportunity to be absolutely free, its a opportunity that not many people get.. Be courageous and thankful everything will make sense in a while, just trust the process and you will see what an amazing artist god is =) I really found my self in the dark and now Im in love with the darkness. Its sad that so many people are so afraid of the darkness... I hope y'all have a nice day and don't forget to smile to at least yourself, be proud of yourself you came a long way
So you are in love the the darkness? How does that feel?
We cannot feel joy unless we’re willing to feel grief. Life itself includes all these feelings that make us human. Great art is made out of it. It’s not entertainment. It’s a reflection of life’s unfathomable richness and complexity, and an attempt to understand the meaning of it all. This may be my favorite song, but I don’t have the strength to listen very often.
Why do so many super talents like Chet Baker live short and unhappy lives while entertaining us to the max with songs like this? It is fashionable to think that the conflicted artist is necessary to entertain at the 'as-good-as-it-gets' level as does this trumpet player; but I don't think so myself. At any rate, thank you, Chet Baker.
+Cecil Williams If they had lived happy lives, they wouldn't have produced so good music :D
+Cecil Williams If they had lived happy lives, they wouldn't have produced so good music :D
+Yassine Taoudi I don't think that is true, Yassine. Many of the classical composers were well-rounded people and produced super work. Saint Seans comes to mind. For sure, there were conflicted composers as well (Puccini comes to mind). it just seems more jazz greats muddle their lives than in other genres.......
+Cecil Williams It's true that we can find examples that prove I could be wrong.. But still, I believe that it depends on what you like.. If you- like me- like sad music, you'll love the romantic composers such as Chopin or Rachmaninov... And guess what, Rachmaninov composed his most famous piece (second piano concerto) after 3 years of deep sadness... Same story for beethoven's moonlight sonata, he was in love with a girl that didn't love him... So as I said, those extraordinary musics which are extremely sad wouldn't have been composed if the composers were living "cool" lives...
+Yassine Taoudi Mozart lived his life like a modern rock star equivelant TBH. Sounds pretty darn cool...
His music go in the deep of our lonelinesses and then more and more deeply.
His melancholy is like velvet.
Truth.....
@@jazzfusioner9840 No, just pretentious crap
11pm laying in bed after long emotional day involving my current girlfriend. Im 65 and she's 45. We love one another but we're both strong minded, emotional and volatile. I could end our relationship in a second but a part of me knows that I will miss her in my soul. So conflicting being that I am a peaceful and laid-back individual. Only God knows what is in store for us. I hope to make the best of it. Thanks for reading and blessings all around. Carlos Jesus Gonzalez. McAllen Tx. 12/20/2021
Saudade..
this, miles davis' blue in green, and Coltrane's the blue train.. and madlib shades of blue.. all masterpieces.
Ayye bro you got it!
absolutely.
dude i see you legit everywhere
that's why his name is slick nick
BILL EVANS WROTE BLUE IN GREEN.
The man could play! Chet Baker's playing can enable a person to go through so many different emotions in a single piece of music. Peace!
Well said, his music makes you go through these bittersweet feelings that only real music can.
@@DirkjeA: Great to hear from a fan of this magnificent artist. ❤
We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful
@@Manumanu-ul1qd: Chet Baker's shortened life due to drugs is a tragedy. But that does not change the fact that he was extremely talented. Personally, I feel that the world would be better without drugs. I have seen too many people's lives shortened due to them. PEACE!
chet is one of the reason why i'm into jazz
I discovered Chet on accident when I was searching up what cool jazz was. I'm a classical musician, and I don't listen to a lot of jazz at all, but this has just changed my mind completely. It's strange how I used to object listening to jazz for my whole music career (which was a mistake), and now I listen to it so regularly. Classical music will always be my favourite type of music, but this music is amazing also. I don't regret finding Chet Baker.
I'm transitioning myself from classical to jazz, it's a very different and approach to say the least
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Identity is a terrible thing to find yourself trapped within, happy your found your way out
Well, Chet proves that jazz is not just noise :)
make sure you can cope with the freedom of expression it entails, before progressing any further. There is no return.
He died today thirty one years ago, such a shame, but an inevitable fate nonetheless. What a great artist you were, Chet.
Otakanime Well, we ALL have a “shelf life”.. an “expiration date”. One day you and I will travel that way too BUT, for me......though I will go through the “shadow of death”, I will fear no evil because of JESUS CHRIST.
you were... and are
Is this jazz?!
Remember, his pain came from never-ending efforts to beautify his music.
@@ramzimahdaoui3519 yes
This man led a wild life, but what a calming talent he possessed. Amazing irony; Dark Beauty at its finest. 💛
He makes that trumpet talk or whisper, not sure, but the ease of how he sounds
Absolutely brilliant
Chet plays his soul. His trumpet is expressing the soul of his heart. The despair in his heart. The loneliness in his heart. The love he has to give in his heart. Chet's trumpet is his soul and his ambition. His trumpet is his way of expressing his life to the world, his way of letting the world know who he is!
❤
👍
This soothes my baby girl almost instantly ever since she was still in my belly. Now at 6 weeks old she is still mesmerized whenever I put Chet on!
Tamara Gobo that’s so beautiful
she is so lucky :) god bless both of you.
My daughter is 3 years and listen him too . She only sleep if she listen his music
she'll grow up to be a good, smart young lady :))
Stop torturing your child!
rembering when I was in London, seven years ago, and I used to listen this song almost every afternoon when the sun went down, and everything around me was so calm, so beautiful, so blue.. and I still remember the peaceful of that moments, I was young, so crazy, so happy and so sad about life, I would to come back there even also for a few minutes. Thanks Chet for this feelings, I will never forget in my life.
It baffles me why isn't this on Spotify...
Search : ionn blignault - almost blue
Regalit0 you sir are a godsend. I found this song a few minutes ago and was worried I wouldn’t be able to have it on Spotify.
@@regalit0304 my man
@@mattgonzalez1053 had the same issue a few days ago , im glad to help you guys
@@regalit0304 aaaa thank you so much!
This music is a drug. Can’t stop listening to it once it’s begun.
Facundo Parodi thank you!
careful drug hurt don't be addicted ;)
Hi
I spent part of my youth traveling back and forth on the Venice lagoon.
Even the greatest beauty fades, when seen too many times. But then there's a single night of pure desire, and that's where this tunes leads me to. To a moment of my youth my heart forgot.
Simply beautiful
Frank Strazzeri is the pianist.
You're Welcome.
EDIT:
Upon further investigation, the pianist is actually Harold Danko in this recording. He was the pianist creditted in the 'Chet Baker in Tokyo' album.
Frank Strazzeri was the pianist in 'Let's get Lost', the documentary on Chet. ruclips.net/video/tbl5k73Sri4/видео.html
thank you so much
Thanks for this information. Some should mentioned the pianists name before. And the full name of the composer should have been shown too.
one of my best friends dad was the drummer, bob neel...and i have worked with steve strazzeri....great player......
You guys are making me miss Strazz in a big way.
@@eidco did some gigs with his son steve, a drummer...
without question the most beautiful, profound thread of comments I've ever seen on a YT thread. And I saw Chet, live, up close to his trumpet and voice, at NY's Village Vanguard - these posts are genuine - he evoked feelings like that when you saw his tattered, worn but strangely magical presense up close and personal. Met him too, soft-spoken cat.
I love this comment and I so agree -- I'm astonished by the passionate, almost confessional quality of many of these comments. And I also notice many posters here who aren't necessarily writers or poets have been moved by this music to try to write poetry -- or sometimes detective novels or film noir. It's an incredible thread -- the humanity.
Wow. You are so fortunate to have seen him in person. Thank you for such poetic comment.
I would listen to this mostly when getting drunk. Now I stopped the drunk part and still listen. I have to muster internal bravery to listen sober...But when I do allow Almost Blue to be a sober pleasure, I gain strength from it. Thank you Chet Baker.
yes
We should all be so happy that drugs exist and are freely available: they shortened Chet's life considerably and for that small mercy we should be eternally grateful
4.48 and I am getting drunk, no better way, thank you Elvis Costello for getting me into Chet
*The Legend Who Sings Like His Trumpet* One with his instrument and the piano is so on point in this production, its almost unbelievable how well performed this arrangement is.
Masterpiece 💙
En 1967, en la ciudad de Rosario, en Argentina había
conferencias de jazz. En el
oscuro proyectaban diapositivas y tocaban discos. La audiencia en total
silencio presenciaba anonadados la magia de este
género fascinante y hoy, después de 53 años en EEUU
lo que más me conmueve es
darme cuenta que esa magia
perdura a través del tiempo.
Gracias Chet. Gracias Rosario❤️
Es la primera vez que escucho a Chet y despues de haber dejado Baires en el 1970 me trae recuerdos pasados, entiendo esos momentos de escuchar los tangos, de leer Cortazar y otros. No es mufa, es mas profundo.
Jorge Cafrune, uno de mis cantantes favoritos...
Differentes las canciones pero me dan calma, no es el estilo, es el interprete que hace porque a mi NO me gusta JAZZ 🤪.
Chet Baker, con el si se puede 👍
Las veladas de jazz eran en una biblioteca pública llamada “Estímulo al Estudio”
los discos LP los trataban como joyas y cuando la púa
bajaba y tocaba era como un
trance. Cada nota, cada acorde me hacían pensar en
Nueva York, o Chicago, algo
así. Calles mojadas, el frío y
los rascacielos y taxis y gente pasando. Algo que
hoy veo a diario y sigo escuchando con audífonos
y el jazz me acompaña todo
el tiempo.
There's a mysterious and benevolent power in the right music at the right time.
A masterpiece! Such a delicate beauty in what's being expressed. How can someone play the horn in such a way? Wow!
Thanks for uploading.
+MrSilvestris no one else...and gone...a tragedy...
+MrSilvestris : Yes you are right !
Heroin.
Heroin doesn't make a genius. He was, period.
Perhaps.....perhaps not. People do drugs because they suffer pain.
It is also inappropriate to judge the dead, especially from those who were not there to know the artist, his peers, his background and his times.
Regardless, his best legacy is the beautiful music he gave to everyone.
There is no other musician that can touch me like Chet. It’s far more than a listening experience, it’s an emotional and spiritual one.
translates all the feelings I'm having in this particular time of my life.
Got to listen to it every day.
Thanks for this masterpiece.
Cheers from Brazil.
sorry to know u are in a difficult time. good things are coming soon.cheers from Sao Paulo.
Danilo Carvalho same
You don't need to be in a difficult time to listen to this song,I am having this time of my life too,but it's a great time!! :)
Greetings from Greece
Danilo Carvalho it's ok. It's these times that make you respect the good ones 💜
From Greece..I love Greece.. Fancy !! Have a lovely day :)
what a trumpet player.
I do not understand how people can give a thumb down to music.
Cause those people probably listen to mainstream trash, songs about ass shaking and materialistic bullshit my friend
When I'm feeling sad, nostalgic, or heartbroken, I find myself yearning to hear Chet Baker's music. His music is magical and absolutely potent. I don't think there exists music that expresses painful sadness as realistically as his. Thank you, Mr. Baker. Your music consoles me when I need it most.
An unbelievably great song.