Eddie Baker (musician)

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Edward "Eddie" Baker Jr (born October 13, 1927 in Chicago , Illinois ; † July 31, 2018 ) was an American jazz musician ( piano , also composition ).

Live and act

At the age of ten, Baker first took classical piano lessons at the conservatory before taking an interest in jazz music . In 1948 he had private lessons with Bill Russo . He began his music career in the late 1940s bebo in Chicago; In 1950 he accompanied Miles Davis on a gig in Chicago, the following year he played with Illinois Jacquet , then with Sonny Stitt , Paul Bascomb and with bassist Wilbur Ware , with whom he would collaborate frequently in the course of his career. The first recordings were made in 1952 when he was in the backing band of the singer Dr with Melvin Moore , Harold Ousley , Dave Young (baritone saxophone), Sylvester Hickman (bass) and Earl Phillips (drums). Jo Jo Adams played.

In the mid-1950s Russo took the pianist on a European tour; In 1956, Baker appeared in Honolulu as a companion to Billie Holiday . In the following years he played in Chicago with Roy Eldridge , Bill Russo ( The World of Alcina , 1955) and Ira Sullivan / Sandy Mosse . In 1957, Baker recorded two tracks under his own name with Jimmy Gourley , Leroy Jackson and Dorrell Anderson (drums), which appeared on the Chicago Scene compilation . In 1958 he recorded with Max Roach's band ( Max on the Chicago Scene , with Booker Little , George Coleman , Bob Cranshaw ). In the field of jazz he was involved in seven recording sessions between 1952 and 1958. He composed L'Affaire Bugs for Russo and Memo: To Maurice for Max Roach .

In the 1960s, Baker lived in Kansas City, where he worked as a band leader with the New Breed Jazz Orchestra , an 18-piece big band . With her, the twelve-year-old Kevin Mahogany had his first professional appearance. In later years, Baker co-founded the Jazz Hall of Fame in Kansas City , which eventually led to the establishment of the American Jazz Museum . In 2002 he performed with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Bill Holman at the Chicago Jazz Festival .

Discographic notes

  • Sandy Mosse - Ira Schulman - Eddie Baker: Chicago Scene (Quality / Argo , 1957), with Dave Mulholland , Jimmy Gourley, Leroy Jackson, Dorrell Anderson

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eddie Baker at Jazz Discography
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 13, 2018)
  3. ↑ Sandy Ingham: Chicago Jazz Festival 2002. All About Jazz , March 12, 2002, accessed August 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker, Edward Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (piano, also composition)
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH August 2018