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The Great White Hope - the Chet Baker Story

on BBC Radio 2

2/3. Guy Barker recalls the stormy life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, an eye-catchingly good looking performer who emerged triumphant in the early 1950s but who died in 1988, aged 58, following a 30-year run of drug addiction. This edition recalls his drug-induced decline, which led to marital problems, jail and a career-boosting move to Europe.

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Guy Barker

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