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Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile

David N. Baker

Distinguished Professor of Music (Jazz Studies); Chair, Department of Jazz Studies

Distinguished Professor
Jacobs School of Music

Chair
Jazz Studies

Adjunct Professor
African American and African Diaspora Studies Department

Interests:

Bands, folklore, music, songs, dance, jazz

Education:

• M.M. at Indiana University, 1954
• B.M. at Indiana University, 1953

Background:

Baker was the winner of the National Association of Jazz Educators' Hall of Fame Award in 1981. He has composed more than 2,000 works and has authored books on jazz performance. Baker also served as adjunct professor of Afro-American Studies and was co-director of the Smithsonian Institution's Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as a member of the National Council on the Arts.

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