This late-career performance provides proof, as if we needed it, that Baker’s spare and intimate rendering of the standards have more than stood the test of time. To me, he caught the evolution of jazz in a perilous moment when it was becoming too technical, too cerebral. Baker brings us back to the roots of melody and structure of the great standards, and interprets them with a master’s touch that will be as evocative to future generations as it is to ours.
Same. I once saw an interview with John Engels (who I believe is drumming here. He was in Chet's bands a lot in the late years). And he told the interviewer that someone else wrote 'almost blue' was need to him. He always thought it was Chet's. And I'd argue that in the same way Watchtower is Hendrix's. Almost Blue is Baker's.
In the hush of midnight's shadowed tune, Chet's trumpet weeps beneath the moon. Notes like teardrops softly fall, Echoes of a melancholy call. In smoky rooms where shadows dance, Chet's horn weaves a forlorn romance. A solitary sigh, a lonesome cry, As melodies of heartache amplify. His trumpet whispers tales untold, Of love that's young, and love grown old. Through muted brass, a mournful plea, A requiem for lost ecstasy. A lonely street, a dim-lit bar, Chet's music drifts like a fading star. In every chord, a soul laid bare, A sonnet of sorrow suspended in air. Each breath he takes, a heavy sigh, A wistful echo, a muted goodbye. Through amber notes, the pain unfolds, A symphony of sorrows, stories untold. The night embraces the mournful sound, As Chet's trumpet weeps, unbound. A ballad etched in shadows deep, In the music of Chet, the sadness seeps.
This february i went where Chet died in Amsterdam, it was a sad and enigmatic place, i almost cried when i saw and touch the memorial plaque of Chet, where it is written the next: " Trumpet player and singer Chet Baker died here on May 13th 1988. He will live on his for anyone willing to listen and feel". Thanks for your music master Chet. We will see you someday.
Almost Blue / Composed by Costello 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 your eyes once promised 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 It's almost touching it will almost do There's a part of me that's always true...always Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few I've seen such an unhappy couple ALMOST Me/You/Blue
Scag is a gangster and will wreck you. But if you run with it like Chet did for all those years. He made that scag come out his vocals , into to his Trumpet. And it was like magic. We would nod with him. God rest his Soul. We'd love to think he's working for Gabriel... "Blow, Chet Blow"
This wonderful song has such a deep sadness feeling that should be called 'Full Blue'.... It always makes me want to drop rivers of tears.... Love it!!!. Thanx Chet.
Chet, donde quiera que estés, te agradezco con todo mi corazón por toda tu formidable música. Con ella he experimentado maravillosos momentos. Tan solo tu música es suficiente para que estés con el Señor. Algún día espero verte. Toca para mí tus grandes canciones.
Je ne connais peut-être rien qui m'ait touché autant dans ma vie que cette interprétation. La grâce absolue, un degré de poésie inouïe, tout est merveilleux de délicatesse de bout en bout. Il y a eu Rimbaud puis Chet Baker ce soir-là.
An unbelievable rendition, full of heart and sensitivity. A player who served the song with such delicacy and subtlety. Chet was so special and he turned out great performances throughout his whole life. His voice (both literal and figuratively) had the innocence of a child and the sophistication of a jazz master. A truly unique talent.
Chet Baker is the legend, and this video proofs that. One of the greatest songs in the history of music. Unique voice. Unique music. Unique experience.
@@arnekorpen3143 actually he wrote it for the album Imperial Bedroom.....he had recorded the album and went to see Chet play one night....he talked to Chet at the bar and said he had a song he would for Chet to hear and handed him a cassette.....later he said he was surprised Chet even listened to it....also Chet did the solo on Elvis's song Shipbuilding.....ua-cam.com/video/ZC7Y--5PG00/v-deo.html&feature=share8
well......this song, and funny valentine from memories gone by ARE the two most favorites in my repertoire ....miss chet baker, he was mr cool for sure........
This is such a perfect song I heard this when I was about 15 and it single handily made me want to go back and listen to the greats probably my favourite song of all time RIP Chet 🙏🏻
I am eternally blue and alone, no one to share my sorrow or joy I wander the world with a heavy heart, I search the universe for a sign Seeking a glimpse of hope or love, but all I find is emptiness and pain My thirst for that which evades me, perhaps I fly too close to the sun I am eternally blue and alone, a residing melancholy darkens my soul
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This late-career performance provides proof, as if we needed it, that Baker’s spare and intimate rendering of the standards have more than stood the test of time. To me, he caught the evolution of jazz in a perilous moment when it was becoming too technical, too cerebral. Baker brings us back to the roots of melody and structure of the great standards, and interprets them with a master’s touch that will be as evocative to future generations as it is to ours.
Beautiful
Nothing has bothered me more then this masterpiece being taken off Spotify, my day is ruined.
I feel the same.
@@antoniovianaaa Yeah...such a shame! I couldn't find it there,too.
#MeToo 😢😢😢
It is still there, incognito, but still there. Search for almost blue by Ionn Blignault.
This version is the best and i was missing it too, searching i found it on spotify under another name: Almost Blue - IonnBlignault
I don't think anyone will sing it like he did.
+Sundararaju Reddi totally agree with that........................
Sundararaju Reddi Only man who can break your heart with a song.
Sundararaju Reddi yep i agree too. I love chet and only chet baker :)
Include Chet. Chet never sing a song twice with one emotion.
NO....they will NOT....does something to ya doesn't it...RIP MR BAKER, you are definitely missed by MANY>
I've listened to Elvis Costello. I've listened to Diana Krall. But I always come back to this version of 'Almost Blue'. It is sublime.
"sublime"
Same. I once saw an interview with John Engels (who I believe is drumming here. He was in Chet's bands a lot in the late years). And he told the interviewer that someone else wrote 'almost blue' was need to him. He always thought it was Chet's. And I'd argue that in the same way Watchtower is Hendrix's. Almost Blue is Baker's.
CHET BAKER IS THE GREATEST❤️
It’s just not the same level…he is a genius..
Truly sublime. You said it.
His piano player has a "beautiful" touch also, does he not.......
I think the pianist is Harold Danko.
Harold Danko.
Thank you
In the hush of midnight's shadowed tune,
Chet's trumpet weeps beneath the moon.
Notes like teardrops softly fall,
Echoes of a melancholy call.
In smoky rooms where shadows dance,
Chet's horn weaves a forlorn romance.
A solitary sigh, a lonesome cry,
As melodies of heartache amplify.
His trumpet whispers tales untold,
Of love that's young, and love grown old.
Through muted brass, a mournful plea,
A requiem for lost ecstasy.
A lonely street, a dim-lit bar,
Chet's music drifts like a fading star.
In every chord, a soul laid bare,
A sonnet of sorrow suspended in air.
Each breath he takes, a heavy sigh,
A wistful echo, a muted goodbye.
Through amber notes, the pain unfolds,
A symphony of sorrows, stories untold.
The night embraces the mournful sound,
As Chet's trumpet weeps, unbound.
A ballad etched in shadows deep,
In the music of Chet, the sadness seeps.
Beautiful! A great tribute to the legendary Chet Baker.
I love the poem!
Ich las witzige Kommentare, kluge Kommentare. Dieser jedoch ist poetisch und wahr. Danke.
This february i went where Chet died in Amsterdam, it was a sad and enigmatic place, i almost cried when i saw and touch the memorial plaque of Chet, where it is written the next: " Trumpet player and singer Chet Baker died here on May 13th 1988. He will live on his for anyone willing to listen and feel". Thanks for your music master Chet. We will see you someday.
And you renewed his memory. And the melancholy sanctity of his imperfect glory.
He was twisted and filled with angst and pain. And here he is for those of us that 'get it'. What a gift, huh? I'm envious of your travels.
I went too where Chet died in Amsterdam. Really, sad place.
What an insane collision, Elvis Costello and Chet Baker. giving us maybe the bluest of all blue songs, a heartbreaker for the ages. sob sob
I'll never get tired of this masterpiece. Chet, wherever you gone: thanks for so much.
Your comment made me cry because I could not agree more…
This is my favourite video in the entire internet
If I have to listen to one song before I die, I’ll choose this
Almost Blue / Composed by Costello
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 your eyes once promised
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
It's almost touching it will almost do
There's a part of me that's always true...always
Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few
I've seen such an unhappy couple
ALMOST Me/You/Blue
It's great to sing along, thank you.
The day he passed was Friday 13th - 5/13/88
His notes touched your soul
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Scag is a gangster and will wreck you. But if you run with it like Chet did for all those years. He made that scag come out his vocals , into to his Trumpet. And it was like magic. We would nod with him. God rest his Soul. We'd love to think he's working for Gabriel... "Blow, Chet Blow"
Harold Danko is a wonderful pianist too! Chet Baker what an artist!
I can't believe the beauty of this song. This must be what heaven sound like!
This wonderful song has such a deep sadness feeling that should be called 'Full Blue'.... It always makes me want to drop rivers of tears....
Love it!!!.
Thanx Chet.
only if she had been full you.
Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do
There's a girl here And she's almost you.
Chet, donde quiera que estés, te agradezco con todo mi corazón por toda tu formidable música. Con ella he experimentado maravillosos momentos. Tan solo tu música es suficiente para que estés con el Señor. Algún día espero verte. Toca para mí tus grandes canciones.
Saludos. Su comentario me dejo sin palabras y le acompaño en su sentimiento. Gracias.
what is it? I'm in tears but cant identify the cause....other than the majesty....somber beauty.....THIS IS ONE OF THE PRECIOUS TREASURES OF MY LIFE !
You're just high.
Shhhhh, genius at work.
There is no one whom has ever done this better than Chet Baker - & never will.
6:02!
このコンサートにいかれた人は幸運ですね。生で聴きたかった。
The piano solo is my very favourite…
Je ne connais peut-être rien qui m'ait touché autant dans ma vie que cette interprétation. La grâce absolue, un degré de poésie inouïe, tout est merveilleux de délicatesse de bout en bout. Il y a eu Rimbaud puis Chet Baker ce soir-là.
There are no words to describe the beauty of what I have just heard here . . . . .
the first verse of this song, only the lyrics, can knock out one million other songs.
This music is unmistakable. Rest in peace, master.
I had to rename this tune in my head to full Blue.
one hour and 40 minutes in on this one song
I’m right with you -
pfff la divine version ... mon dieu qu'ils doivent être heureux là haut tous nos chers musiciens disparus à se taper des bœufs ...
christine Arcane des boeufs divins sûrement! Que D. les garde
Almost at the end of his life and still playing awesome. What a talent this guy had.
Harold Danko in piano!
Chet sang it with so much emotion. This is my most favorite version of "Almost Blue".
2020 and i’m still here. Almost blue...
Le Quy I’m here after reading Elvis Costello, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.
I really wish this didn't get taken off of Spotify.
An unbelievable rendition, full of heart and sensitivity. A player who served the song with such delicacy and subtlety. Chet was so special and he turned out great performances throughout his whole life. His voice (both literal and figuratively) had the innocence of a child and the sophistication of a jazz master. A truly unique talent.
This is the best cover of that tune. Amazing singer/trumpeter and yet such a loss ...
Love so much. So 😢touching.
A true genius of jazz..
Sublime..
I think the best jazz performance I have ever listened to
Como me parte el alma Chet Baker. Gracias por existir y que triste tú muerte :(. Te amo Y siempre lo haré. Saludos desde Perú gran alma incomprendida
Chet Baker is the legend, and this video proofs that. One of the greatest songs in the history of music. Unique voice. Unique music. Unique experience.
Okay fine. Three in one! 1:03
Written by Elvis Costello
@@gibby6904 as a tribute for Chet, right.
@@arnekorpen3143 actually he wrote it for the album Imperial Bedroom.....he had recorded the album and went to see Chet play one night....he talked to Chet at the bar and said he had a song he would for Chet to hear and handed him a cassette.....later he said he was surprised Chet even listened to it....also Chet did the solo on Elvis's song Shipbuilding.....ua-cam.com/video/ZC7Y--5PG00/v-deo.html&feature=share8
💘 Love this Chet version. ✌️❤️🤎🎵🎼🎶🎺
I just want to crawl into that horn and live the rest of my days
Only 125k views in 11 years! Tells you a lot about peoples taste in music! LOVE THIS, THANKS CHET & THE BAND, AMAZING!
I float when Chet plays this.
Hispanic male in the bronx ny grew up on hip hop,,but love chet baker music,,
Its never wrong to branch out
well......this song, and funny valentine from memories gone by ARE the two most favorites in my repertoire ....miss chet baker, he was mr cool for sure........
J'espère qu'il est heureux là-haut, enfin en paix.
Truly poetry man
Great artist and a great song.
This is such a perfect song I heard this when I was about 15 and it single handily made me want to go back and listen to the greats probably my favourite song of all time RIP Chet 🙏🏻
Brasileiro também aprecia o jazz 😍 05/12-2022
Pure magic.....
This is just beautiful pice of music, thanks.
슬프다 그리고 최고다
everytime it makes me cry
Chet,he just sets the mood,whether he sings or just plays his trumpet......
If you listen.. You can hear the "douji" coming out of Chets Horn and Vocals. That is why this work is so powerfully lilting and far away...........
He died but a week later I believe, the tragedy of his addiction and end to his life is immortalised in this performance
ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE YOU MADE ME CRY CHET ❤ I LOVE YOU SO MUCH😢
😮the embodiment of cool jazz😊
I cry 😌🎩
너무 좋다..//ㅅ//
The essence of soulful melancholy.
Personell would be nice. Beautiful performance.
Ce n’est ce qui s’appelle incarner une chanson…❤️
Soul...so much soul!
도입부부터 소름이~
Ohhh..how..beautiful...!!!!
"Deep blue".......magique....
Artista immenso ,immenso quanto i suoi tormenti...questo concerto è l Apice di un artista che non ha mai espresso a pieno tutta la sua potenzialita
Beauty of the universe.
Thanks for this multiverse.
Chet Baker i can't get hold of my ivresse.
I am eternally blue and alone, no one to share my sorrow or joy
I wander the world with a heavy heart, I search the universe for a sign
Seeking a glimpse of hope or love, but all I find is emptiness and pain
My thirst for that which evades me, perhaps I fly too close to the sun
I am eternally blue and alone, a residing melancholy darkens my soul
Il migliore trombettista e poeta del jazz
this makes me float fr
pura magia... 💙
Sublime!!!!
truly magical!
A stunner.
Grande CHET BAKER ! sempre nelle mie orecchie e nel mio cuore.
Cold bench, cold right hand.
How wonderful
Love Chet
the Boss....
WONDERFUL
BEAUTIFUL
MAGICAL❤️
정말.. 멋진 음악이네요....
Una de las más bellas melodías que escuché... Sublime...me genera algo muy muy fuerte al oírla!!! Solo Chet puede hacer algo así....lo amo!!
Wow
Great
Um belíssimo som de contrabaixo! Linda de mais.
best
Contundente!!!
There’s a part of me that’s.. always true
Genial....
Buenas noches. Como se llama el pianista?
Es un crack.
Y Chet, es un soplo de paz.
Jose Gomez me pregunto lo mismo.
Harold Danko
@@atilablablabla gracias.
Love it!!!
el solo de piano es grandioso
llueve!!!! v: