Baker, Israel
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Name (Latin)
Baker, Israel
Date of birth
1919-02-11
Date of death
2011-12-25
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Violinists
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Los Angeles times WWW site, Jan. 9, 2012(Israel Baker; b. Feb. 11, 1919, Chicago; d. Dec. 25 [2011], Studio City [Los Angeles, Calif.], at 92; violinist)
- Duke, V. Works by Vernon Duke [SR] 1960:label (Israel Baker, violin)
- Int. ww in mus., 15th ed.(Baker, Israel; b. Feb. 11, 1921, Chicago, IL; violinist)
Wikipedia description:
Israel Baker (February 11, 1919 – December 25, 2011) was an American violinist and concertmaster. Through a long and varied career, he played with many of the greatest figures in the worlds of classical music, jazz and pop. He appeared on hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as Igor Stravinsky, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tom Waits, and appeared on many film scores including Psycho and Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. Baker was the concertmaster on The Dameans' Beginning Today album from 1973.
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