Documentary examining the life of American jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, including his rise to fame in the 1950s alongside Charlie Parker and Gerry Mulligan, his successful career in Europe - where he diversified into film-acting - and the effects of drug addiction on his life. Featuring contributions by friends and fellow musicians.

Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of West Coast Cool, and from his last years. We see the young Baker, he of the beautiful face, in California and in Italy, where he appeared in at least one movie and at least one jail cell (for drug possession). And, we see the aged Baker, detached, indifferent, his face a ruin. Includes interviews with his children and ex-wife, women companions, and musicians.