David Baker
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:01 pm
https://youtu.be/qu-2yURwBC4?t=39m42s
Yesterday I came across this David Baker lecture to school kids in Indiana from 2013 and I thought some of you might find what he says interesting. He talks about growing up in Indianapolis and his life in music. The whole thing is 47 minutes long and I’ve set it to start at 39:42 “a link for brother ted”.
About David Baker: David Baker studied with J. J. Johnson, János Starker, and George Russell, among others, and attended the Lenox School of Jazz at Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1959–60 on a scholarship. He played trombone with Lionel Hampton, Stan Kenton and Maynard Fergusson, George Russell (Jazz in the Space Age, George Russell Sextet at The Five Spot, Stratusphunk, George Russell Sextet in KC, Ezz-thetics, The Stratus Seekers and Living Time) and Quincy Jones. A jaw injury in 1953 finally caused him to give up the trombone and focus on teaching and composition. He is best known for his fifty-year career as a professor of jazz music and for his published works and musical compositions and for founding the Jazz Studies Program at Indiana University. He mentored Freddie Hubbard and Larry Ridley and his students included John Elwood Price, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Jim Beard, Chris Botti, Shawn Pelton, Jeff Hamilton, and Jamey Aebersold. He wrote 70 books including “Techniques of Improvisation - Volume 1 (The Lydian Chromatic Concept)” (1987 Alfred).
https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupre ... soul-music NPR
https://indianapublicmedia.org/davidbak ... resources/ Indiana University
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-jazz-tea ... 1460411001 Wall Street Journal
Yesterday I came across this David Baker lecture to school kids in Indiana from 2013 and I thought some of you might find what he says interesting. He talks about growing up in Indianapolis and his life in music. The whole thing is 47 minutes long and I’ve set it to start at 39:42 “a link for brother ted”.
About David Baker: David Baker studied with J. J. Johnson, János Starker, and George Russell, among others, and attended the Lenox School of Jazz at Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1959–60 on a scholarship. He played trombone with Lionel Hampton, Stan Kenton and Maynard Fergusson, George Russell (Jazz in the Space Age, George Russell Sextet at The Five Spot, Stratusphunk, George Russell Sextet in KC, Ezz-thetics, The Stratus Seekers and Living Time) and Quincy Jones. A jaw injury in 1953 finally caused him to give up the trombone and focus on teaching and composition. He is best known for his fifty-year career as a professor of jazz music and for his published works and musical compositions and for founding the Jazz Studies Program at Indiana University. He mentored Freddie Hubbard and Larry Ridley and his students included John Elwood Price, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Jim Beard, Chris Botti, Shawn Pelton, Jeff Hamilton, and Jamey Aebersold. He wrote 70 books including “Techniques of Improvisation - Volume 1 (The Lydian Chromatic Concept)” (1987 Alfred).
https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupre ... soul-music NPR
https://indianapublicmedia.org/davidbak ... resources/ Indiana University
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-jazz-tea ... 1460411001 Wall Street Journal