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David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (December 21, 1931 – March 26, 2016) 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.
Early jazz educators such as Jamey Aebersold, David Baker and Jerry Coker laid the groundwork for a more universal educational practice. The first round of textbooks and other resources was characterized by an emphasis on strict formalization and structure, on the definition of levels, and on establishing a relatively narrow core early ...
Feifke is a Winner of the David Baker Prize [19] of the Ravinia Music Festival, Second Place in the BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, [20] and has twice been a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. [21] [22]
William Dudley Geer, first Dean of the School of Business at Samford University William Germano , Ph.D., dean of the faculty of humanities at Cooper Union Michael Harris (Hebrew : מייקל הריס), Israeli - American public policy scholar and university administrator
Jazz saxophonist and music teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan died in his sleep Friday, surrounded by family at his New Orleans home, family publicist Vincent Sylvain said. During his 50-year career ...
Notable teachers in the jazz programs, at the time, included Larry Ridley, Kenny Barron, Ted Dunbar, and master trumpet teacher William Fielder (1924–2009). Indiana : Indiana University hired David Baker (1931–2016) in 1967 with a mandate to design a degree-granting program in jazz studies.
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