Ethan Hawke is a self-professed jazz lover, but the actor has never had the chance to pay tribute to the music genre in his own films until now. For his latest project "Born to Be Blue," the actor ...

There was some symmetry at work in this year’s release schedule, which included two movies drawn from the storied history of jazz. One, “Miles Ahead,” centered on Miles Davis as a genius fallen into ...

Ethan Hawke Nails Junkie Jazzman Chet Baker in Oscar-Worthy 'Born to Be Blue' (VIDEO) Ethan Hawke is working hard these days, in a wide range of roles, from his long-term collaborations with Richard ...

In 1952, a 21-year-old trumpeter from Oklahoma named Chet Baker established himself as one the few real superstars of contemporary jazz by both playing and singing with an unmistakable lyricism and at ...

A few minutes into Born to Be Blue, Robert Budreau’s film about jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker, it seems like we might be on rocky ground. After a 1954 gig at the famed New York club Birdland, ...

Orrin Keepnews doesn't get enough credit for the Chet Baker albums he produced on Riverside. In all, Orrin recorded five albums with the trumpeter in 1958 and '59—Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen to ...

Most biopics of musicians try to cover too much ground, telling artists’ stories from birth to death while focusing more on their weaknesses than their work. In “Born to Be Blue,” writer-director ...

In Robert Budreau’s new film Born to Be Blue, Ethan Hawke brings troubled West Coast jazz titan Chet Baker to the silver screen. But rather that focusing on the legendary trumpeter’s meteoric rise in ...

In Chet Baker: The Missing Years—A Memoir (BooksEndependent,LLC), drummer/composer Artt Frank delivers an in-the-room intimate, yet no-holds-barred tale of his professional and personal relationship ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s some good news for fans of Chet Baker. New music by the late acclaimed jazz trumpeter and singer has just been released, ...

Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's turbulent life and wretched death have provided rich material for any number of plays and movies. James O'Reilly is the latest to tackle the life of the enigmatic and ...