.: Paolo Fresu remembers Chet Baker :.
"I met him at the Sanremo Jazz Festival in the early '80s.
I had just started playing, and being part of that festival's program was significant for me.
After the concert, I saw Chet coming from the back of the room towards the stage while I was putting my instrument away.
My heart started pounding so hard that I risked collapsing to the floor with the trumpet in my hand.
He approached me and, in English, said: 'I heard your version of "Round Midnight."
'Beautiful, well done, congratulations!'
And he left with the same calmness with which he had appeared from the back of the Casinò room."
"I met him at the Sanremo Jazz Festival in the early '80s.
I had just started playing, and being part of that festival's program was significant for me.
After the concert, I saw Chet coming from the back of the room towards the stage while I was putting my instrument away.
My heart started pounding so hard that I risked collapsing to the floor with the trumpet in my hand.
He approached me and, in English, said: 'I heard your version of "Round Midnight."
'Beautiful, well done, congratulations!'
And he left with the same calmness with which he had appeared from the back of the Casinò room."
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