Col Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Fred T. Baker on you tube: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAdh0rKYnXk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAdh0rKYnXk[/url] Did a great solo album "Bassically Speakin'" in the late eighties, anyone know any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Did a week at the Guildhall Jazz & Rock Summer School in '95. Fred 'Thelonius' Baker was one of the teachers. Great player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj5string Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Taught me at Birmingham Conservatoire... is really worth checking out 'double up' a duo album he recorded and missing link; a solo album of his. He is an amazing player, and a really nice person. Check out 'Second Sight' here; [url="http://www.myspace.com/davidwilliamsguitar"]http://www.myspace.com/davidwilliamsguitar[/url] Its mine and a guitarists version of a tune he recorded - and was very hard work :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 He was my bass tutor at Barnsley college but was always on tour so sadly I never got any one to one tuition. Buthe did blow us all away with a solo show one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I've pretty sure I've seen him playing with John Etheridge a few times - superb feel and playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 He taught me at Derby Uni for a couple of years. Amazing player, but could talk the face off a donkey Top bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burno70 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Same here Ben, he taught me at Derby Uni too. He's an awesome player and genuinely a nice guy but I found him frustrating as a teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I was chatting to Single Bass at a gig maybve 10 years ago and she was singing his praises, I think he may have taught her too ( I 've a strong sense of deja vue about this thread and not CSNY!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 [quote name='burno70' post='416912' date='Feb 22 2009, 08:48 PM']Same here Ben, he taught me at Derby Uni too. He's an awesome player and genuinely a nice guy but I found him frustrating as a teacher.[/quote] Yeah definitely. When did you graduate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I had a couple of 'lessons' with Fred in the late 80's at South East Derbyshire College. Even then he was an amazing player, but at the time his idea of a bass lesson was to take your bass off you and play it at you for half an hour. He did introduce me to "The Literate Bassist", though. Great book & a pity it's out of print now. Lovely guy, though! Best of luck to him Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Did some good work with Ollie Beak in the 60s as I recall That was Fred Barker we were talking about, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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