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Bruce Weber's 1989 documentary ''Let's Get Lost'' centered on [[Chet Baker]]'s decaying beauty as a Wildean metaphor for the corruption of his soul. But ''Chet Baker Live'' — taped two years before his death in 1988 — focuses on Baker the musician. Baker may have been in poor health after decades of drug abuse, but his trumpet could still be as sensual and ironic as in his heyday in the Fifties. | |||
The utilitarian camera work sustains the mood, interrupted solely by an interview of Baker by Elvis Costello — a choice that will seem odd only to those who have never heard Elvis's "Baby Plays Around" (in ''Let's Get Lost'', Baker essays Costello's "Almost Blue"). Here Elvis croons two standards, revealing nuances he has been able to capture on vinyl only in the last year. [[Van Morrison]] also appears on an underrehearsed "Send in the Clowns." Baker himself sings twice, his voice unmasking his dissipation. Still, ''Chet Baker Live'' offers a coda to ''Let's Get Lost'', giving Baker back the last word. | |||
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