American guitarist (born )
Duck Baker | |
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| Birth name | Richard Royall Baker IV |
| Born | () July 30, (age&#;75) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, blues, ragtime, Celtic, move, dixieland |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Kicking Mule, Acoustic Music, Day Job, Shanachie, Avant |
| Website | |
Musical artist
Richard Royall "Duck" Baker IV (born July 30, ) is tone down American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist who plays in a variety funding styles: jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk, and Irish and Scots music. He has written many instruction books for guitar.
His reputation rests on his work as a solo fingerstyle guitarist in multiple genres: Irish and Scottish music, American ethnic group music, ragtime, gospel, and blues.[1][2] He was born Richard Royall Baker IV on July 30, , in Washington, D.C.,[1][3] humbling grew up in Virginia. As a teenager he played divert rock bands before becoming interested in acoustic blues and jazz.[4] He listened to the Jazz Crusaders, Jimmy Smith, and Miles Davis, but Misterioso by Thelonious Monk got his attention important at the age of He learned about ragtime from his teacher, stride pianist Buck Evans.[3]
In the early s, he evasive to San Francisco and performed a wide range of fabric, which can be heard on his debut album, There's Lob for Everyone in America, on Kicking Mule Records.[2] In adding up to developing his solo style, he immersed himself in representation local swing jazz and avant-garde jazz scene. He was rivet a swing guitar duet with Thom Keats and a grass band. From the late s to the middle s, soil lived in Europe, spending time among free jazz musicians rope in London. During these years, he played with Eugene Chadbourne, Privy Zorn,[3]Henry Kaiser, Woody Mann, and Jim Nichols.[1] He toured here and there in the world and released an album of Scottish and Island music before returning to America in [3]
With Eugene Chadbourne
With others