JIM BAKER

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Jim Baker has been playing in and around Chicago as a pianist, keyboardist, and synthesist for more than two decades, mostly in improvisational contexts. He initially studied piano with Thomas Scott, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and studied composition with Morgan Powell and Herbert Brun at the University of Illinois at Urbana. During the 1980's, Baker played frequently in groups led by saxophonist Harold Jones (a.k.a. Hal Raru), and also played in the Nicholas Tremulis band. After leaving the Tremulis group, Baker was an active participant in the then-nascent free improvisation scene, performing with groups including trombonist Bill Barnes; guitarist / xylophonist Rick Barnes; guitarist / banjoist Andre Caporaso; percussionist Steve Hunt, bassist Kent Kessler, shortwave radiotarist / hydrokalimbist Don Meckley; bassist / guitarist / trumpeter Brian Sandstrom; violinist / guitarist / cornetist Daniel Scanlan; mezzo-coloratura Gwendolyn Manter-Seminara; and percussionist / tubaphonist Michael Zerang.

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JIM BAKER Jim Baker & Michael Zerang ‎: The Earth Sessions Vol. I/II album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim Baker & Michael Zerang ‎: The Earth Sessions Vol. I/II
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
JIM BAKER More Questions Than Answers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
More Questions Than Answers
Avant-Garde Jazz 2005
JIM BAKER Extraordinary Popular Delusions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Avant-Garde Jazz 2007
JIM BAKER Jim Baker, Bernard Santacruz, Samuel Silvant : On how many surprising things did not this single crime depend? album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim Baker, Bernard Santacruz, Samuel Silvant : On how many surprising things did not this single crime depend?
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020

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JIM BAKER Jim Baker & Sarah Ritch : Articular Facet 5.3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim Baker & Sarah Ritch : Articular Facet 5.3
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2014
JIM BAKER Baker / Ritch : Live At The Surplus Of Options album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Baker / Ritch : Live At The Surplus Of Options
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
JIM BAKER Jim Baker, Steve Hunt, Christoph Erb : Live At The Hungry Brain album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim Baker, Steve Hunt, Christoph Erb : Live At The Hungry Brain
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
JIM BAKER Jim Baker / Brandon Lopez / Bill Harris : Dura album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jim Baker / Brandon Lopez / Bill Harris : Dura
Avant-Garde Jazz 2022
JIM BAKER Horizon Scanners album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
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Avant-Garde Jazz 2024

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