Before Mimi Sheraton became the most feared restaurant critic in New York Times history, editors dismissed her as a hobbyist, restaurateurs tried to silence her through bribery and intimidation, and the entire food world underestimated her. She rewrote the rules of consumer advocacy by refusing to play by anyone else's game.
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Chet Baker never planned to become a jazz legend. He drifted into music the way some people drift into a conversation — sideways, almost by mistake. But that accidental path produced one of the most distinctive sounds in American music history.
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In 1968, jazz trumpeter Chet Baker had his teeth beaten out of his head in a San Francisco alley. For a man whose entire career lived in his lips, it should have been the end. Instead, it became the beginning of the most haunting music he ever made.
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In 1968, a savage beating left Chet Baker toothless and seemingly finished as a musician. What followed was years of odd jobs, humiliation, and obsessive practice before one of jazz's most haunting voices found his way back to the stage.
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