Stories By Phil Baker
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In the Present by Phil Baker
February 24, 2010Meet Phil Baker TIMELESS “There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and...
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In the Present: Respecting the Music With Phil Baker
October 1, 2009Meet Phil Baker TIMELESS “There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and...
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Ups and Downs : Respecting the Music With Phil Baker
August 1, 2009Meet Phil Baker – “Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.” -W. H. Auden...
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Respecting the Music With Phil Baker : MY Top 10
April 1, 2009Meet Phil Baker – Apple isn’t knocking down my door to do my top ten list...
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Respecting the Music With Phil Baker: I’ve Got the Blues
February 1, 2009by Phil Baker – Things happen when cultures collide–some good, some bad, but always interesting. The...
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Keyboard Shortcuts : Respecting the Music With Phil Baker
December 1, 2008Guess what is the first thing I have my students do? Tune up? Stop chewing gum? ...
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Another View of a Secret
October 1, 2008I love transcribing solos! It’s like peering inside the minds of geniuses. I’ve transcribed boxes full...
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65 Year Old Tattoos
August 1, 2008O.K., maybe one was 66 years old, and maybe the other was 64. The men’s reason...
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Musings From the Road
June 1, 2008As I was riding on our tour bus from Hollywood to 1000 Oaks I started to...
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Jack Bruce: “Crossroads”
April 1, 2008Jack Bruce is one of the largest bass icons in rock. Born in Scotland in 1943,...
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Sonny Rollins: “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” / Respecting the Music With Phil Baker
February 1, 2008Meet Phil Baker – A NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD – VOL. 1 I consider Sonny...
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Charlie Haden: My Back Pages – Respecting the Music With Phil Baker
October 1, 2007“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” -Charles Mingus...
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Respecting the Music With Phil Baker: Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams
August 1, 2007Meet Phil Baker – DONALD BYRD & PEPPER ADAMS MOTOR CITY SCENE Track 2.-Philson Pepper Adams...
