So Hard to Know

"So Hard To Know" is a song recorded by American jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker written by Roxanne Seeman and Rique Pantoja.

[5] In the early '80's, Chet Baker met Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist and composer Rique Pantoja while both were playing nightclubs in Paris near each other.

[3][8] Pantoja recorded the song idea on a cassette, which was delivered by hand to Roxanne Seeman in Los Angeles, to write the lyrics.

[12][10] In an LA Times interview, Pantoja described his style of composition as a mix of "Brazilian rhythm with a jazz feeling" with "some room for improvisation.

Gerry Peary, Entertainment News Service wrote: "Weber recalled a birthday party he attended, where Baker sat in on trumpet behind an awed, suddenly timid vocalist, Astrud Gilberto.

It appears in a scene where Chet Baker is in the backseat of a convertible car, with a woman at either side, riding down the Pacific Coast Highway in California.