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The drummer he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

Chet Baker

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Chet Baker
Age: 58 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 23
Died: 1988
Died: May 13
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Jazz Musician
Singer
Trumpeter
Yale
Oklahoma
Chesney Henry Chet Baker
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You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose.
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