David Baker
David N. Baker Jr. is a leading symphonic jazz composer at
Indiana University in Bloomington. He has been commissioned by Joseph Gingold, Ruggerio Ricci, Janos Starker, Harvey Phillips, the
New York Philharmonic,
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,
Beaux Arts Trio, Fisk Jubilee Singers and the International Horn Society and has worked along side of Stan Kenton,
Lionel Hampton,
Maynard Ferguson,
Quincy Jones, George Russell, and
Miles Davis. He has long been an important composser in the
Third Stream Jazz movement and has made over 2000 compositions.