The universal language isn't love or music; it's loneliness.

Trumpet: I am sad... Piano: thats ok, it will fade...

“There’s a girl here and she’s almost you” “All those things you promised with your eyes, I see in hers too” Sadness isn’t looking at grey skies it seems, but remembering they were once blue.

Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere.

Dude doesn't start singing till 5 minutes in. He establishes the mood and tone. Then he tells you what all the previous 5 minutes was about. It's so good. Like watching a silent film and then talking about the plot, but with song.

This song is crazy, but damn, that drummer has got to be vibeing on a different level. It almost sounds like rain. Amazing.

Someone listening in 2024 ?

its January 6th 2024, its currently 3:01 am in Baghdad Iraq, I am listening to this with my laptop with a video call on my phone enjoying this music with the girl I love, the weather is cold and my feet are freezing yet I am enjoying this masterpiece and my girls is asking why it takes so long for me to write this comment, enjoy the life people, enjoy love, enjoy the sadness and feel accepted, the meaning is all around you you just have to see through it.

We should send Chet discography in space just to let the whole universe know that we are capable of something beautiful after all

This is where sadness meets with sophistication

I'm not depressed, i'm not missing someone I'm just enjoying this masterpiece

Chet Baker can break your heart, make you fall in love, contemplate everything, and make you smile like a child.

I don't know why, but it sounds as if the instruments are talking to each other. The trumpet is sad, the piano comforts it, etc.

The "almost blue" feeling is the worst one a person can go through. Not depressed not sad just deeply unsatisfied and drowned. I love this song

My husband of 54 years died 3 days ago. He was a trumpet player. I'm enjoying the vibe

RIP Chet Baker (December 23, 1929 - May 13, 1988), aged 58 You will be remembered as a legend.

not a bad thing to listen to on Valentine's day

How cruel is life when a sound as delcate as the finest glass comes from a man just as fragile. Thank you, Chet Baker

It is currently 6:08pm here in the UK and I am sat with my cat Smudge on my lap who will unfortunately be put to sleep in an hour due to poor health, this will forever be our song. I love you Smudge, there will be no other like you. Thanks for being my best friend and the best cat anyone could have ever asked for.

I've been listening to nothing but Chet Baker since 2023 began. I'm not sure if it's making me feel better, or worse...but I love it

Scary how much we share under this endless blue sky, isn't it?

The song for the mornings who had no nights.

This is literally medicine for any anxious feelings ❤

This song speaks to me in a language I didn't know I understood so perfectly clear. I am left speechless and agitated afterwards. Rare for a piece to touch me so deeply. Beautiful... Now If I could only not feel whatever it is I'm feeling right now

No one quite captured melancholy the way Chet did. He was a genius.

Chet Baker has a memorial plaque in Amsterdam that says "Trumpet player and singer Chet Baker died here on May 13th, 1988 He will live on in his music for anyone willing to listen and feel"

Chet plays his soul. His trumpet is expressing the soul of his heart. The despair in his heart. The loneliness in his heart. The love he has to give in his heart. Chet's trumpet is his soul and his ambition. His trumpet is his way of expressing his life to the world, his way of letting the world know who he is!

There was something magical about this guy. He had such a uniquely beautiful voice. I just watched the "Let's Get Lost" documentary about him again. It is a sad story, how he went from ethereally handsome to that tired look of a longtime drug user, but his voice and skill on his trumpet never left him. Probably my favorite jazz musician.

This is not depressing. This is the sound of life The sound of every winter and spring that we shared together The sound of laughter Fading away Achieving their purpose In tears Sadness Thank You Chet You re immortal

No matter how much I try, I can't escape the feels. I always seem to be captured by a cloak melancholy. Not quite depressed, not unhappy, but missing something or someone I need. The spirit of this song, Chet Baker , such a sad soul. I keep coming back to let this song speak for the way I feel. ALMOST BLUE

En 1967, en la ciudad de Rosario, en Argentina había conferencias de jazz. En el oscuro proyectaban diapositivas y tocaban discos. La audiencia en total silencio presenciaba anonadados la magia de este género fascinante y hoy, después de 53 años en EEUU lo que más me conmueve es darme cuenta que esa magia perdura a través del tiempo. Gracias Chet. Gracias Rosario❤️

This is probably the saddest song I've ever heard. And one of the most beautifuls too.

Scrolling through this comments section while listening to this masterpiece makes me wanna give each and everyone of you a warm hug, a blanket and a cupcake. Beautiful, sensitive, poetic souls here. I love you all. Greetings from Switzerland EDIT (May 2022): Wow. I come back here 3 years later and the world is now in a pandemic, which makes this thread even more special and beautiful to me. Thank you so much🥰. I also love reading where everyone is writing from 😍🌎 ! We might never have the chance to meet each other but I'm grateful for this connexion we share, right here. Please remember that you are worthy and you are loved. Always. See you in 3 years my friends.

My father was a jazz musician he played the saxophone. He was never in my life just came and gone. Visited like every other weekend. Then he just stopped and I never saw him again. He's passed away in my twenty's didn't really feel hurt by him being gone though. I do how ever have a love for jazz soul blues and anything with a saxophone. I guess I am drawn to this type of music but inside it makes me feel closer to my father. Who I have come to miss and dearly love over the years despite him not being alive. A son will always need his father even in death. Love you dad.

"You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose" - Chet Baker

A couple of years after losing my Wife and best friend, I saw a woman walk past me as I was sitting at a coffee shop. She bore a striking resemblance. My heart almost leapt out of my chest. Then the pain. The storyline of this song came to mind……

Chet Baker - Vocals, Trumpet Harold Danko - Piano Hein Van Der Geyn - Bass John Engels - Drums

This makes me so happy and so sad at the same time

I am 23 now and I'm going to buy a trumpet and a piano just so that I can play this masterpiece! Unbelievable nothing comes close when you compare classic music like this piece by chet baker for instance to music we have today!

I think the depression or the loneliness is a opportunity to be absolutely free, its a opportunity that not many people get.. Be courageous and thankful everything will make sense in a while, just trust the process and you will see what an amazing artist god is =) I really found my self in the dark and now Im in love with the darkness. Its sad that so many people are so afraid of the darkness... I hope y'all have a nice day and don't forget to smile to at least yourself, be proud of yourself you came a long way

When you start to feel sad, dont fight it. Embrace it. Feel as sad as you possibly can. Dive as deep as you can into the darkness and realize youre still alive. Realize how normal it feels and youre not alone, no matter if you feel so alone. Embrace the darkness. Outlive the depression

My life is falling apart, my only brother has died 4 months ago, my parents are getting divorce because my father is making very bad actions, I must take care of my two nephews, and the things in my work aren't so well. I've been listening Chet all day long, cause, this is the only thing that's making me feel a little better.

Sometimes life sounds like this.

This is pure soul, pure feeling

A number of years ago I spent a year in New York. One weekend, I don't remember the hotel I was staying in, but I had found a really good jazz station. I had just fixed myself a drink when this song came on. I stood there, drink in hand, looking out on the city as a soft rain was falling. Of course it would have been better if a semi-nude woman had been beckoning to come back to bed. But it was real life not a movie. The mood was just right with the drink and Chet Baker on the radio. I've never forgot that moment. And everytime I hear this song, I'm back in that hotel room. Sometimes life just gives you that perfect moment you can keep in mind forever. Thanks for posting this awesome song... Greetings from Iran

This is ten miles past blue

What a sadness. In life, in people, in everything... only music is outside of everything.Eternity.

In the hush of midnight's shadowed tune, Chet's trumpet weeps beneath the moon. Notes like teardrops softly fall, Echoes of a melancholy call. In smoky rooms where shadows dance, Chet's horn weaves a forlorn romance. A solitary sigh, a lonesome cry, As melodies of heartache amplify. His trumpet whispers tales untold, Of love that's young, and love grown old. Through muted brass, a mournful plea, A requiem for lost ecstasy. A lonely street, a dim-lit bar, Chet's music drifts like a fading star. In every chord, a soul laid bare, A sonnet of sorrow suspended in air. Each breath he takes, a heavy sigh, A wistful echo, a muted goodbye. Through amber notes, the pain unfolds, A symphony of sorrows, stories untold. The night embraces the mournful sound, As Chet's trumpet weeps, unbound. A ballad etched in shadows deep, In the music of Chet, the sadness seeps.

"There's a girl here, and she's almost you." Great line.

This has to be one of my favourite comment sections on KZfaq.

ohh man, this is really how sadness speaks, straight to the depths of the soul

God he was so hurt. And you can hear it through his trumpet and sorrowful voice. My fave singer of all time. A voice where you can literally feel and resonate with his sadness.

Bartender.. I didn’t order a double shot of heart break.

This version is amazing! Recorded live in Tokyo in June 1987, less than one year before Chet's death. Chet was in great shape that night in Tokyo. There is a double CD of the concert... for anyone willing to listen and feel... Other musicians are: Bass - Hein Van de Geyn Drums -John Engels Piano - Harold Danko The video is also available here on KZfaq. Enjoy!

winter is back... I'm sitting by the balcony rainy and a little windy after midnight there is nothing better i can do but listen to this masterpiece.

Simply beautiful

Funny how Chet comes in to your life and stays there

It's Monday morning. This is playing in a cafe built in the 30's. Its 7:15am, raining gently outside, still dark. No customers yet but each table has a candle just waiting for each new person to arrive. My coworker and I are ready to open in 15 minutes. We both take a breath and a sip from the day's first cup of coffee. We look out at the dark, rainy streets as people, one by one, pass under the street lights on their way to where they need to be. Those 15 minutes between now and opening are pure peace.

Chet never realized what a blessing his beautiful jazz ❤️ music 🎶 is to jazz and music fans...

The point when you ain't even sad no more.

I borrow the life of a man more lonely than i am when i listen to Chet Baker

The most beautiful works of art, come with the greatest amounts of pain.

This song just makes you feel like the world is always almost blue. It makes me see the beauty of the dolefulness in this world.

Rainy nights, streetcar tracks filled with water reflecting greens and reds and neon lights. All sound of traffic dissipates into a mist, a mist that leaves you soaked to the core and yet there is no hurry to dry off..

So sad how so many talented, beautiful people are the authors of their own destruction.

“Chet Baker can get you with just one note” -Randy Brecker

Chet can lay out a mood like only very few could.

This is what true art sounds like. What it elicits from you when you listen to it is the very definition of what art, great art, aspires to be. The comments you read here are a testament to the fact that even amidst this most insipid of eras great art, and the effect that it has, will endure. If you ever find yourself in despair at the culture of the day take some solace from the fact that over a long enough period of time genius always perseveres and mediocrity always perishes, Its just a matter of time. Longevity is the ultimate measure of art and by that standard Chet Baker is immortal.

In that case, this song makes me feel like I am looking into the eyes of that perfect mate that only appears once in your life, and then vanishes only to remain like a surreal painting in the profound chambers of your soul echoing through time like a bittersweet memory that both delights and destroys any semblance of complete happiness in this existence...what? Never mind, it's very nice music.

I play this song every time I chop onions..

This song always helps get the voices out of my head. Thanks Chet.

This is one of the greatest performances of this song I've ever heard. Chet can deliver a phrase like no one else.

He died today thirty one years ago, such a shame, but an inevitable fate nonetheless. What a great artist you were, Chet.

I wouldn't wish this feeling to anyone

so beautiful

Shout out to everyone listening to Chet Baker on Valentine's Day...I feel ya♥️

I am a recent Jazz convert at the age of 65. I just cant get enough of this stuff. It reaches deep into my soul. I have found so many artists that I like but Chet has got to be the best or bloody close to it.

Good for sleeping, also crying.

25 años y agradecida de encontrarte, mi tormento baila con mi paz, no molesta lo abrazo.

The man could play! Chet Baker's playing can enable a person to go through so many different emotions in a single piece of music. Peace!

Chet Baker is like the Rain of music. I can't really describe it, but his sound gives off the same feeling that rain does.

A glass of wine and a glass of my tears

La sto ascoltando com gli auricolari, nel letto di notte... Mi sto perdendo tra queste note un po' tristi. Bellissima❤

Loneliness is just one many sides of love. We miss the beloved who is in us and all around us.

This makes me want to take a walk on a rainy night

Tonic for a weary soul. So interesting how art can turn hardship and sadness into something this lovely and expressive. It allows one to not wallow in their sad feelings, but rather to hear them reflected back as a universal part of the human condition, and to transcend them for a short time. It really is like a medicine for the aching soul.

This song immediately triggers my nostalgia trip to 2016 and everything that I've been through. Rest in peace, Chet Baker.

beautiful, beautiful melancholy

This music is a drug. Can’t stop listening to it once it’s begun.

It baffles me why isn't this on Spotify...

One word "LOVE IT" !!!

Song gently sweeps you away to a place you cannot share with anyone

This mastery of melancholic music is absolutely incredible. I can feel the sorrow. I can see the sadness. It's amazing to live in this time where we have unparalleled access to a time no longer with us. All those who say you were born in the wrong generation. Think again. These times are unrivaled with regard to access to music, and information. Absolutely brilliant!

Sitting here tears rolling down. this beautiful song is making it better, but I can relate to the softness and the heart of the song. I thank God for Baker , Coltrane and the rest of the greats. Love is a wonderful thing but some of us are bound to get crushed. Hang in there people we'll be all right. Love, Tim

As a trumpet play who loves satchel, I can’t even get the raw emotion Chet puts through his horn. Just epic.

Es simplemente una caricia al alma

The brushes in back is so enigmatic

if this aint a masterpiece then what is.

the algorithm is on fire today

rembering when I was in London, seven years ago, and I used to listen this song almost every afternoon when the sun went down, and everything around me was so calm, so beautiful, so blue.. and I still remember the peaceful of that moments, I was young, so crazy, so happy and so sad about life, I would to come back there even also for a few minutes. Thanks Chet for this feelings, I will never forget in my life.