Chet Baker suffered throughout his career from comparisons, particularly with Miles Davis who has a sound similar to his, as well as from the color of his skin, as a perverse effect of racism. After the carefree period, at least in appearance, of his youth, it is in the drama and tragedy of his very existence that Chet will find his sound material, like an exhalation of the soul that only his breath and voice are capable of restoring the painful secret that will remain forever a mystery.
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