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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…

David Nathaniel Baker, Jr (21 December 1931 – 26 March 2016) was an extraordinarily accomplished African-American composer, author, conductor, and teacher; and among the most influential voices in contemporary American music in a career that spanned…

Composed in 1981 and formerly published by Frangipani Press, African-American composer David N. Baker’s (1931-2016) “Six Poemes Noir” is a collection of short character pieces.

Reve

Papillon

Omniscient

Chanson

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Nocturne

David Baker is best know for his jazz music but this engaging piece is rooted in the more classical flute style. The music is unmistakeably American and both the fast and contrasting slow melodies are wide and expansive. There are plenty of notes to…

Three untitled movements; En Rouge et Noir means literally “in red and black”. While this can be interpreted many ways, this 17 minute work by renowned “Third Stream” composer David Baker explores both “red-hot” and “black” influences in three…

Black composer Regina Harris Baiocchi composed "Miles Per Hour" for B-flat or C Trumpet. The composition was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featuring George Vosberg.

Black composer Regina Harris Baiocchi composed "Chasé" for B flat clarinet and piano. The composition was premiered by Richard Nunley Jr. And Ester Hanviriyapunt in Chicago.

The manuscript of the Impromptu in A minor, Romance de pan, first performed in 1922, was rediscovered in the Royal College of Music Library collection and performed in Brighton in 2018. Sussex Landscape was played in 2019 by the Chineke!

On 19 April 1924, Coleridge-Taylor married Harold Dashwood, in the Croydon parish church. She initially composed and conducted using her first name and maiden surname. After their divorce she dropped her first name, thereafter going as Avril…

Venezuelan composer Diana Arismendi composed "They Claim" for solo double bass. Dedicated to Edicson Ruiz, They Claim is a one movement work, a challenging piece with political undertones.