Holy Cow, Alice, I couldn't believe it, the first time I heard Chet Baker. "Cool jazz" was definitely not something I payed a lot of attention to. Folk, blues, rock and classical have always been my loves, but when I heard Chet sing and play "Shadow of your smile" I was transfixed. The guy just BLEEDS NOTES! When I saw the very sad film about him "Let's Get Lost", my conversion was complete. Once again, how sad that an artist who gave so much had to suffer so much in order to give.