Could writers please proof read their work. It would
bring more quality
and credit to our
fine art. It will be
heard for a long time by millions of people.

@Manuel – That missing tooth is a completely separate thing which he had from the start. “Yeah, we’d moved from Oklahoma. I’d been playing about six months when a rock hit me in the left front tooth, chipping it. And I played that way for about twenty-five years.” https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2019/03/chet-baker-jazz-musician-interview-by.html

I’m not aware that people doubt he lost his teeth after a beating in 1966 and had to learn to play with dentures. People just question the exact circumstances and motive of the beating.

Perhaps this was a story the Chet invented to gain more popularity, but now is time to find the truth.