David Baker: A Legacy in Music

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David Baker conducting his winning big band at the French Lick Jazz Festival, 1959. Courtesy of Jamey Aebersold. Winning the Notre Dame Jazz Festival, 1964. From right: Dick Washburn (trumpet), David Baker (cello), Jamey Aebersold (alto saxophone), Tom Hensley (piano), Don Baldwin (bass), Everett Hoffman (tenor saxophone), and three representatives from the Notre Dame Festival. Courtesy of Jamey Aebersold. David Baker plays bass with his small group in the studios of WTIU, Indiana University’s public TV station, with program host John Joyner, left, 1968. Courtesy of David Baker. Publicity shot from the early 1970s. Courtesy of David Baker. David Baker and trumpeter Dominic Spera sharing a playful moment in the rehearsal rooms of the IU School of Music in the 1980s. Courtesy of David Baker. David Baker displays his longtime support for the Lakers. Courtesy of David Baker. The faculty of the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, after getting into the Marching Band uniform closet, 1980s. Courtesy of Jamey Aebersold. David and Lida Baker underneath the billboard for the Johnnie & Jazz festival in Monaco, June 1992. Courtesy of David Baker. David Baker and Dave Brubeck sharing a cup of tea in Monaco, June 1992. Courtesy of David Baker. David Baker and Dominic Spera discuss the organizational needs of their students in Monaco, June 1992. Courtesy of David Baker. Honored at the Links Tribute to Indiana African-American Jazz Artists at the Indiana Roof Ballroom, from left, back, David Baker, J. J. Johnson, Larry Ridley, David Hardiman; middle, Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson, Killer Ray Appleton, Melvin Rhyne, Virgil Jones; front, David Young. June 14, 1996. Courtesy of David Baker. David Baker with, from left, Lawrence Einhorn, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, Otis Bowen, Jane Owen, and Jim Davis, as they receive the Indiana Living Legends Award, 2001. Courtesy of David Baker. The Baker family at the Indiana Living Legend Award Reception 2001: David Baker; sister, Shirley Crawford; daughter, April Ayers, and her husband, Brad Ayers; granddaughter Kirsten Ayers; and wife, Lida Baker. Courtesy of David Baker. David Baker dances with his first wife Jeannie Baker at his Crispus Attucks High School reunion, 1994. Courtesy of David Baker. David Baker with Joe Wilder and Duncan Schiedt after the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra performance at the Walker Theatre, Indianapolis, June 2000. Courtesy of David Baker. Standing ovation by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Mario Venzago, after the premiere of Dancing Shadows, January 2007. Courtesy of David Baker. David Liebman and David Baker. Courtesy of Jamey Aebersold. David Baker delivering a speech at the White House entitled “Jazz–A Reflection of Democracy” as President and Mrs. Bill Clinton and Marian McPartland listen closely, September 18, 1998. Courtesy of White House Photo Office. Publicity shot by Jerry Mitchell. Courtesy of David Baker. Living Jazz Legends photograph, taken during the March 3, 2007, Jazz in Our Time Celebration at the Kennedy Center. Front row, seated, left to right: Clark Terry, Frank Foster, Curtis Fuller, Dr. Billy Taylor, Jimmy Scott, Louie Bellson, Marian McPartland, Donald Byrd. Second row, standing, left to right: James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Barry Harris, Nancy Wilson, Benny Golson, Ornette Coleman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Chick Corea. Third row, sitting onstage, left to right: Phil Woods, Chico Hamilton, Buddy DeFranco, George Russell, Freddie Hubbard, Gerald Wilson, Frank Wess, Dame Cleo Laine. Fourth row, standing, left to right: Al Jarreau, Jon Hendricks, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, David Baker, Paquito D’Rivera, Sir John Dankworth, Michel Legrand. Photo by John Abbott. ...