David Baker

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A Living Jazz Legend, musician and composer David Baker has made adistinctive mark on the world of music in his nearly 60-year career -- as player(chiefly on trombone and cello), composer, and educator. In this richly illustratedvolume, Monika Herzig explores Baker's artistic legacy, from his days as a jazzmusician in Indianapolis to his long-term gig as Distinguished Professor andChairman of the Jazz Studies department at Indiana University. Baker's credits arestriking: in the 1960s he was a member of George Russell's "out there"sextet and orchestra, by the 1980s he was in the jazz educator's hall of fame. Hiscompositions have been recorded by performers as diverse as Dexter Gordon and JanosStarker, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Composer's String Quartet and the CzechPhilharmonic. Featuring enlightening interviews with Baker and a CD of unreleasedrecordings and Baker compositions, this book brings a jazz legend into clearview.