Duck Baker

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Duck Baker (* 30th July 1949 in Washington, DC as Richard Royal Baker IV ) is an American fingerstyle - guitarist .

Life

Baker grew up in Richmond, Virginia and moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s . In his game he combines numerous different genres such as ragtimes , blues , country , gospel , Cajun , bluegrass , Celtic music , ballads and jazz , swing , New Orleans jazz and free jazz . His solo recordings were mainly influenced by Thelonious Monk , Herbie Nichols and Randy Weston . His album "Spinning Song" with pieces by Nichols was acclaimed by various trade magazines.

In addition to his solo career, Baker played and plays with various musicians, such as the fiddle player Kieran Fahy , the trombonist Roswell Rudd and the guitarist Woody Mann . He performs as a trio with the violinist Carla Kihlstedt and the clarinetist Ben Goldberg.

Works

Solo discography

  • There's Something for Everyone in America , Kicking Mule Records, 1976
  • When You Wore a Tulip , Kicking Mule Records, 1977
  • The King of Bongo Bong , Kicking Mule Records, 1977
  • The Art of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar , Kicking Mule Records, 1979
  • The Kid on the Mountain , Kicking Mule Records, 1980
  • Under Your Hear t, Collage Records Edition, 1985
  • You Can't Take the Country out of the Boy , Edition Collage Records, 1986
  • Both Sides , Grossman's Guitar Workshop, 1987
  • A Thousand Words , Acoustic Music Records , 1992
  • Opening the Eyes of Love , Shanachie Records , 1993
  • The Art of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar , Shanachie Records (reissue), 1994
  • The Clear Blue Sky , Acoustic Music Records, 1995
  • Spinning Song: Plays the Music of Herbie Nichols , Avant Records, 1996
  • Ms. Right , Acoustic Music Records, 1998
  • The Kid on the Mountain , Fantasy Records (reissue), 1999
  • My Heart Belongs to Jenny , Day Job Records, 2000
  • The Salutation , (new edition), 2006
  • Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans , Day Job Records, 2006
  • The Roots and Branches of American Music , Les Cousins, 2009
  • Everything That Rises Must Converge , Mighty Quinn, 2009
  • Duck Baker Plays the Music of Herbie Nichols , 2019

Textbooks (selection)

  • Duck Baker's Fingerstyle Blues Guitar 101
  • Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar (several volumes)
  • Irish Hornpipes, Slip Jigs & Reels
  • Music of Thelonious Monk
  • Music of Turlough O'Carolan

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All biographical information comes from Baker's own online biography ( memento of the original from December 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 21, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / duckbaker.com
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Duck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richard R. Baker IV
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC