Newman Taylor Baker

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Newman Taylor Baker (* 4. February 1943 in Petersburg , Virginia ) is an American jazz - drummer .

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Baker, who comes from a musical academic family, got his first drum kit at the age of three; after extensive training, he studied at Virginia State University , where he earned a bachelor's degree in music education. He continued his studies at East Carolina University in Greenville (North Carolina) up to a master’s degree. After moving to New York, he took lessons from Saul Goodman and Billy Hart .

Mid-1970s worked Baker in the big band of John Minnis , emerged with the first shots; At the end of the decade he was a guest at the Willisau Jazz Festival in the quartet of the singer Monnette Sudler . With a Meet the Composer grant, he developed his solo program Singin 'Drums in 1995 , which premiered at the Williamsburgh Music Center in Brooklyn. Since 1980 he has accompanied Billy Harper for many years , with whom he also appeared several times in Europe, for example at the Jazz Jamboree (1980). In the 1980s and 1990s he also played with Henry Threadgill , Ted Daniel , Bern Nix , in the quartet of Bobby Few / Avram Fefer , as well as with Carl Grubbs , Frode Gjerstad , Diedre Murray / Fred Hopkins , Jeanne Lee , Jim Nolet , Francesca Tanksley and Bobby Zankel .

Further recordings were made in the 2000s with Karen Borca , Judi Silvano and Billy Bang ( Prayer for Peace ). In 2010 he released the album Drum-Suite-Life (Innova) under his own name . He also played washboard with the Ebony Hillbillies and in a duo with guitarist Marvin Sewell, in 2017/18 in the Matthew Shipp Trio with Roscoe Mitchell .

Since 1965 he has also worked as a music teacher, in schools, colleges and Rutgers University as well as in the New York program Jazzmobile .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archive Willisau
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, September 5, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Newman Taylor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker, Newman; Taylor-Baker, Newman (presumably misspelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Petersburg , Virginia