BAKER CHET (1929-1988)

C. Baker, As Though I Had Wings. The Lost Memoir, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997 (recueil de notes autobiographiques fragmentaires) ; trad. de l'américain par I. Leymarie, Comme si j'avais des ailes. L'autobiographie secrète, 10/18, Paris, 2001

P. Boncompagni & A. Lastella, Chet Baker in Italy. Tales of Life & Music : 1955-1988, Stampa Alternativa, Viterbe, 1992

B. Borgström & C. Landergren, Chet Baker, Eklund & Joost, Stockholm, 1990

W. Claxton & C. Caujolle, Young Chet, Schirmer-Mosel, Munich, 2006

J. Gavin, Deep in a Dream : the Long Night of Chet Baker, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2002

T. Gioia, West Coast Jazz. Modern Jazz in California. 1945-1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1998

G. Rouy, Chet Baker, Éditions du Limon, Paris, 1992

J. de Valk, Chet Baker : His Life and Music, Berkeley Hills Books, Berkeley, 2000

I. Wulff, Chet Baker in Europe, 1975-1988, Nieswand Verlag, Kiel, 1993.

Discographie sélective

Comme sideman (morceaux ou plages)

Avec Gerry Mulligan : Bernie's Tune, Lullaby of the Leaves, Line for Lyons, Carioca, My Funny Valentine, Bark for Barksdale, Walkin' Shoes, Freeway (1952), I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me, Lady Be Good, Makin' Whoopee, Love Me or Leave Me, Jeru, Swing House (1953) ; avec Stan Getz : Stan Meets Chet (1958).

Comme leader (albums)

Chet Baker Sings (1954), Chet Baker and Crew (1956), Chet Baker Big Band (1956), Russ Freeman and Chet Baker Quartet (1956), Embraceable You (1957), Chet Baker Sings - It Could Happen to You (1958), Chet Baker in New York (1958), Chet (1958, 1959), Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959), Chet is Back (1962), Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965), Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965), Comin' on with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965), Cool Burnin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965), Boppin' with the Chet Baker Quintet (1965), She Was Too Good To Me (1974), Broken Wing (1978), The Touch of your Lips (1979), No Problem (1979), This Is Always (1979), Someday my Prince Will Come (1979), ’Round Midnight (1981), Blues for a Reason (1984), Chet Baker Sings Again (1985).