Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis

I love these comparison threads…whose better, Slash or Chet Atkins?

@77jovian   🤣

Of course, I like them both! (Surprise).

 But, as others have pointed out- listen to Clifford Brown. Sweet tone, expressive, feel, nuance, articulation. Control of his instrument.  Many of his recordings are not great (like Monk's recordings) but, he played like a sweet, cool breeze on a hot summer day.

As two others implied, really apples and oranges. Chet was the quintessential representative of theWest coast sound, and Miles (and Dizzy) was the leader of the East coast sound in the 50's. The two schools of jazz are so different they really stand on their own.

BTW, Miles started on the West coast and actually played on stage with Chet. Look for album "Miles Davis and the Lighthouse All-stars" from 1953 in Hermosa Beach.

Also, Chet was always very respectful of Miles, while Miles denigrated Chet. Miles publicly saying that Chet ripped off his sound, as strange as that sounds....

GAR

It’s like the scene in “Diner”, where they debate the relative merits of Sinatra vs. Johnny Mathis.  Like Sinatra, Miles is in a different league from Baker.  But like Mathis, it’s ok if you prefer to make out to Chet.