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Chet Baker

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chesney Henry Baker -- better known as Chet -- died 32 years ago this month in Amsterdam. The Library acquired the Chet Baker Materials from the Papers of Diane Vavra in 2015, an intimate cache of 108 items.