Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

the phone book.

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the Missfits, Selena, way more that

you've probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch

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for listening. Let's get into it.

Discrets Land is a production of double Elvis.

Heads up, guys. In this episode, there's a lot of talk of the mid-century concept of cool

as well as about heroin. It should go without saying that there is nothing in this episode

that is an endorsement of that drug or any drug for that matter. But you're smart enough

to know that already. Alright, let's get into it.

The stories about jazz musician, Chepp Baker, are truly insane. He was a natural, gifted

musician with a mile long rap sheet. He was worshiped by beautiful movie stars in both

loved and loved by serious jazz contemporaries. He was heavily addicted to heroin and made

heavily addictive music. Chepp Baker, with his overtly romantic style of playing and

singing coupled with his matinee idle good looks, was called the James Dean of jazz.

He was also called many other things, gifted, junky, angel, scammer, cool, stupid, charming,

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