God, I love Chet Baker. Getting kind of a thenewgreen vibe from that second one, no?
A complicated figure, like most jazz musicians. I love him too. I was hoping to find the version of this song that I first remember hearing - It was with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. Unfortunately, they recorded it several times, and none of the ones I could find were the ones that I remember. I don't even have the CD anymore - some sort of collected, "various artists" jazz cd that i think my mom picked up either at Costco or the LCBO. I was playing the Bari sax at the time, and the countermelodic interjections by Gerry Mulligan were amazing. They started almost immediately too - one of the reasons I can easily tell that the recordings I've heard are not the one I know. re: the second one - I think it's definitely something TNG would like, if he hasn't heard it already.