So Hard to Know

"So Hard To Know" is a song written by Roxanne Seeman and Rique Pantoja for Chet Baker.[1] It appears in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Let's Get Lost", Bruce Weber's tribute to Chet Baker's life and music. [2][3][4][5][6]It was included in the album Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker released by WEA in 1987.[7]

"So Hard to Know"
Song by Chet Baker
PublishedNoa Noa Music, Rique Pantoja Music
Released1987
Length5:41
Composer(s)Rique Pantoja
Lyricist(s)Roxanne Seeman
Producer(s)Chico Neves

Background

Rique Pantoja composed music for a song for Chet Baker to sing while in Rio de Janeiro. Pantoja recorded the song idea on a cassette, which was delivered by hand to Roxanne Seeman in Los Angeles, to write the lyrics. Seeman wrote the lyrics in Los Angeles and telephoned them to Pantoja, for Chet Baker to record in Brasil, while Baker was in Rio de Janeiro to perform in the Free Jazz Festival, 1985.[8]

"So Hard To Know" by Chet Baker was produced and recorded in Brazil by Chico Neves.[9] It was recorded on 206 2" Scotch tape. The analog master tape remained unplayed for almost 30 years, at which time it was transcribed from analog to digital by Anderson Guerra at Bunker Discos, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[10]

Credits and personnel
  • Bass – Sizão Machado
  • Drums – Bob Wyatt
  • Piano, Synthesizer – Rique Pantoja
  • Trumpet, Vocals – Chet Baker
  • Producer – Chico Neves

Film

Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost Chet Baker documentary film directed by Bruce Weber DVD cover

Chet Baker brought "So Hard To Know" to Bruce Weber for use in the documentary. It appears in a scene where Chet Baker is in the backseat a convertible car, riding down the Pacific Coast Highway in California.

Re-releases and screenings

Let's Get Lost was re-released in 2008.[11]

Let's Get Lost was released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan by Nippon Columbia on November 21, 1993.

The DVD was released in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2008, and in the United States by Docurama on December 3, 2013. [12]There is a Blu-ray that was released in Italy for Region B.

Let’s Get Lost was released in France as a 2-DVD + 1-CD deluxe package. It includes the complete movie remastered in High Definition (DVD 1) plus a second DVD titled Les Compléments, with bonus extra including a making-of ("À la recherche de Chet Baker") that ends with "So Hard To Know".[13]

Bruce Weber screened 1988's "Let's Get Lost" at the Venice International Film Festival in 2013 to mark the 25th anniversary of its first screening there.[14]

Let's Get Lost was screened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on August 9, 2015.[15]

Chain of Desire

"So Hard To Know" appears in the film Chain of Desire starring Malcolm McDowell.[16]

References
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  5. "Let's Get Lost - Production & Contact Info | IMDbPro". pro.imdb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  6. Rafferty, Terrence (2007-06-03). "Let's Get Lost - Chet Baker - Film". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  7. "So Hard to Know - Chet Baker, Rique Pantoja | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  8. "Chet Baker Catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  9. "Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker - Rique Pantoja & Chet Baker". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  10. Chet Baker - So Hard to Know (Isolated Vocal/Trumpet Tracks), retrieved 2019-10-20
  11. Weber, Bruce (2008-05-30). "Director Bruce Weber on filming Chet Baker". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  12. MFW. "At Long Last, a Jazz Documentary Classic on DVD Stateside". MusicFilmWeb. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  13. Desouteiro, Arnaldo (2010-06-01). "Jazz Station - Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Blog (Jazz, Bossa & Beyond): DVD of the Month - "Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost"". Jazz Station - Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Blog (Jazz, Bossa & Beyond). Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  14. "Venice: Bruce Weber Returns For 25th Anniversary Screening of His Chet Baker Doc (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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