Cool jazz icon Chet Baker

Cool Jazz

From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Length: 59:01

In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we're keeping it cool with an hour of stories and sounds from the West Coast musical revolution that was "Cool Jazz." Read the full description.

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Playing: Cool Jazz
From: Jeff Haas

Chetbaker_medium_small In this hour, it’s a laid back tour of stories and sounds from the world of cool jazz. We’ll talk with our jazz historian Lewis Porter about the birth of the "cool" aesthetic in jazz, and get his picks for some of the champions of the cool sound. And we’ll hear the story of how the cool revolution helped spark a mid-century East coast/West Coast rivalry in jazz, and get to know the cool, quirky and often unsung saxophonist who shaped the sound of the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Playing: Cool Jazz
From: Jeff Haas

Chetbaker_medium_small In this hour, it’s a laid back tour of stories and sounds from the world of cool jazz. We’ll talk with our jazz historian Lewis Porter about the birth of the "cool" aesthetic in jazz, and get his picks for some of the champions of the cool sound. And we’ll hear the story of how the cool revolution helped spark a mid-century East coast/West Coast rivalry in jazz, and get to know the cool, quirky and often unsung saxophonist who shaped the sound of the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Playing: Cool Jazz
From: Jeff Haas

Chetbaker_medium_small In this hour, it’s a laid back tour of stories and sounds from the world of cool jazz. We’ll talk with our jazz historian Lewis Porter about the birth of the "cool" aesthetic in jazz, and get his picks for some of the champions of the cool sound. And we’ll hear the story of how the cool revolution helped spark a mid-century East coast/West Coast rivalry in jazz, and get to know the cool, quirky and often unsung saxophonist who shaped the sound of the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet.

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Piece Description

In this hour, it’s a laid back tour of stories and sounds from the world of cool jazz. We’ll talk with our jazz historian Lewis Porter about the birth of the "cool" aesthetic in jazz, and get his picks for some of the champions of the cool sound. And we’ll hear the story of how the cool revolution helped spark a mid-century East coast/West Coast rivalry in jazz, and get to know the cool, quirky and often unsung saxophonist who shaped the sound of the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
The Lady Is A Tramp	Chet Baker	Chet Baker from A to Z, Vol. 9.	Wnts	2010	03:12
Moon Ray	Chris Connor	A Jazz Date With Chris Connor.	Rhino Atlantic	1994	03:17
Jeru	Miles Davis	The Birth of the Cool.	Blue Note	1949	03:13
Birk's Works	Art Pepper	Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section.	Original Jazz Classics	1957	04:19
That Old Feeling	Chet Baker	Chet Baker Sings.	Blue Note	1994	03:01
Eleven Four	Dave Brubeck	Countdown: Time in Outer Space.	Columiba/Legacy	1962	02:52