David Baker
Born: 21st December 1931, Indianapolis, United States
Died: 26th March 2016, Bloomington, Indiana
Nationality: American
David Nathaniel Baker Jr. was an American jazz composer, conductor, and musician from Indianapolis, as well as a professor of jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Baker is best known as an educator and founder of the jazz studies program. From 1991 to 2012, he was conductor and musical and artistic director for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He has more than 65 recordings, 70 books, and 400 articles to his credit.
He received the James Smithson Medal from the Smithsonian Institution, an American Jazz Masters Award, a National Association of Jazz Educators Hall of Fame Award, a Sagamore of the Wabash award, and a Governor's Arts Award from the State of Indiana.
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- Blues (3)
- Blues Odyssey (1)
- Cello Concerto (1)
- DUO for Clarinet and Cello (1)
- Ethnic Variations on a Theme of Paganini (based on the 24th Caprice) (1)
- Homage à L'Histoire (1)
- Jazz Suite for Clarinet and Symphony Orchestra: Three Ethnic Dances (1)
- Parallel Planes (1)
- Singers of Songs/Weavers of Dreams (1)
- Someone is sending me flowers (2)
- Sonata for cello and piano (3)
- Sonata for Violin and Piano (1)
- Suite for cello and jazz trio (1)
- Through this Vale of Tears (2)