David Baker

This volume was the first published jazz teaching method. One of America's greatest musician-teachers, David Baker, shows how to develop jazz courses and jazz ensembles, with lesson plans, rehearsal t...

Commissioned by the International Horn Society for Douglas Hill.

The Quintet consists of four movements, quite different form each other, yet also similar in terms of the materials used and the manner in which they are developed.

The Giants of Jazz series is designed to provide a method for studying, analyzing, imitating and assimilating the idiosyncratic and general facets of the styles of various jazz giants. The Davis book...

This is a great blues chart, and there are never enough of those! Lots of blowing space for lots of players makes this a fun-filled romp through the blues. David wrote this for his top-notch Indiana U...

Horn solo with jazz combo commissioned by the International Horn Society for Douglas Hill.

Commissioned by the Beaux Arts Trio. Movement titles: I. Walpurgisnacht, II. Blues Waltz, III. Sorrow Song, IV. Calypso Row, V. Bepop

Commissioned by Helena Freire.

Originally commissioned by the Ronen Chamber Ensemble for clarinet and cello, then premiered in 1988, it occurred to two of David Baker's students, Tod Kerstetter and Michael Chesher, that Duo would w...

AND THEN. . . was written for Bass Clarinet and Piano by David Baker in 2001 for a commission from Howard Klug. Movements: I. The Song Also Rises; II. On Wings of Song; III. The Appretice's Sources.

A brief, expressive pastorale centered in C major for the developing string quartet.

This clever piece of writing is a compilation of some of Americas favorite girlfriends...girls such as Buffalo Gals; I Dream of Jeannie; Lil Liza Jane; Oh, Susanna and others celebrated via the magica...

This clever piece of writing is a compilation of some of Americas favorite girlfriends...girls such as Buffalo Gals; I Dream of Jeannie; Lil Liza Jane; Oh, Susanna and others celebrated via the magica...

This is one happy chart! It starts with the trombones laying down a nifty bass line, and then a great groove with a calypso pattern. Trumpets take the melody, and things cook on from there. Solos for...

Against the Grain Playing - Scales and Chords

Rhythm and Meter - Polymetric & Multimetric Melodies - Fourths

Exercises Based on the 12 Tone Row - Use of Dramatic Devices - Micro Tones

David Baker's music is wonderful to play because of its originality and sense of adventure. This is no exception. Written for his amazing jazz ensemble at Indiana University, this chart, set in a fast...

This perfect 'how-to' book includes chapters on posture, breathing, vocal chords, tone, vowels, consonants, intonation and phrasing. A must-have manual for voice teachers and students, group voice cla...