https://youtu.be/qu-2yURwBC4?t=39m42s
Yesterday I came across this David Baker lecture to school kids in Indiana from 2013 and I thought some of you might find what he says interesting. He talks about growing up in Indianapolis and his life in music. The whole thing is 47 minutes long and I’ve set it to start at 39:42 “a link for brother ted”.
About David Baker: David Baker studied with J. J. Johnson, János Starker, and George Russell, among others, and attended the Lenox School of Jazz at Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1959–60 on a scholarship. He played trombone with Lionel Hampton, Stan Kenton and Maynard Fergusson, George Russell (Jazz in the Space Age, George Russell Sextet at The Five Spot, Stratusphunk, George Russell Sextet in KC, Ezz-thetics, The Stratus Seekers and Living Time) and Quincy Jones. A jaw injury in 1953 finally caused him to give up the trombone and focus on teaching and composition. He is best known for his fifty-year career as a professor of jazz music and for his published works and musical compositions and for founding the Jazz Studies Program at Indiana University. He mentored Freddie Hubbard and Larry Ridley and his students included John Elwood Price, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Jim Beard, Chris Botti, Shawn Pelton, Jeff Hamilton, and Jamey Aebersold. He wrote 70 books including “Techniques of Improvisation - Volume 1 (The Lydian Chromatic Concept)” (1987 Alfred).
https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupre ... soul-music NPR
https://indianapublicmedia.org/davidbak ... resources/ Indiana University
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-jazz-tea ... 1460411001 Wall Street Journal
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An open letter from Alice Russell. June 21, 2011, Brookline, Massachusetts. 1. DO NOT make insulting, mean spirited remarks about anyone or their work; there are a plethora of sites where you can rant unfettered. If you attack someone personally, your comments will be removed. You can post it, but I'm not paying for it. Go elsewhere, and let those artists who are actually interested in discussion and learning have the floor. 2. There will be NO posting of or links to copyrighted material without permission of the copyright owner. That's the law. And if you respect the work of people who make meaningful contributions, you should have no problem following this policy. 3. I appreciate many of the postings from so many of you. Please don't feel you have to spend your time "defending" the LCC to those who come here with the express purpose of disproving it. George worked for decades to disprove it himself; if you know his music, there's no question that it has gravity. And a final word: George was famous for his refusal to lower his standards in all areas of his life, no matter the cost. He twice refused concerts of his music at Lincoln Center Jazz because of their early position on what was authentically jazz. So save any speculation about the level of him as an artist and a man. The quotes on our websites were not written by George; they were written by critics/writers/scholars/fans over many years. Sincerely, Alice
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