Nearly 15 years after he fell out of an Amsterdam hotel window to his death, Oklahoma native Chet Baker's sad, haunted music and sad, haunted life continue to draw people to him and his unique work as ...

A Yale native, Baker pioneered the West Coast "cool" jazz in the 1950s with his relaxed trumpet style and sultry vocals on such hits as "My Funny Valentine." He died in 1988 after falling from a hotel ...