Although I am not a connoisseur of vocal jazz, Chet Baker's unique voice and phrasing makes for interesting music. Sentimental, emotive, a little behind the beat like Billie Holiday and not a bad trumpeter, one can see his appeal. I usually prefer women jazz vocalists whose voices tend, in my experience, to have a greater range and emotional expressiveness, but Baker's managed to forge his own path as a vocalist. As the instrumental side of the equation, they're competent, sure, but I still have much to learn when it comes to cool jazz and West Coast jazz, which is too often a little restrained and not as adventurous or experimental like modal jazz, free, or sometimes, even hard bop.
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