"Clint Baker, who plays New Orleans classic and revivalist jazz, is skilled not only on cornet but on trombone, alto sax, guitar, banjo, bass, tuba, and drums! On cornet his style tends to be primitive, influenced to an extent by Bunk Johnson and Kid Thomas Valentine. Baker credits Jim Borkenhagen with teaching him how to play New Orleans style, and he was encouraged along the way by Leon Oakley and Percy Humphrey. Referring to himself modestly as "a craftsman of music," Clint Baker is proudest of his ability to teach students about traditional jazz."
–from "Trumpet Kings (The Players Who Shaped The Sound Of The Jazz Trumpet)" by Scott Yanow
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/ Trumpet Bands: Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band, The Reynolds Brothers Rhythm Rascals, High Sierra Jazz Band, Gaucho, The Hot Club Of San Francisco, Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, Black Diamond Blue Blue Five, Gremoli, Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Leon Redbone, Port City Jazz Band Recordings: "Going Huge" & "In The Groove" - Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band, "I've Got Horses & Numbers On My Mind" - Black Diamond Blue Five, "A New Orleans Jazz Gumbo" - Various Artists |
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Playing Trumpet on "Solid Old Man" with The Hot Club
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Trombone Bands: Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band, The Reynolds Brothers Rhythm Rascals, Grand Dominion Jazz Band, Black Diamond Blue Blue Five, Gremoli, Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Narvin Kimbell, Rosemary Clooney, Port City Jazz Band Recordings: "Tears" - New Orleans Jazz Band, "Ninety And Still Delivering" - Narvin Kimbell |
Playing Trombone on "St. Louis Blues"
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Clarinet Bands: The Cafe Borrone All-Stars, Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band, Grand Dominion Jazz Band, Mal Sharpe's Big Money In Jazz Band, Black Diamond Blue Blue Five, Port City Jazz Band Recordings: "I've Got Horses & Numbers On My Mind" - Black Diamond Blue Five |
Playing Clarinet on "Do Something"
with Katie Cavera |
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Guitar Bands: Leon Oakley's Friends Of Jazz, Barbara Dane, Jim Cullum's Jazz Band, Usonia Jazz Band, Tom Sharpsteen's Purple Quartet, Gaucho, The Hot Club Of San Francisco, Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Dawn Lambeth, Bill Carter, Port City Jazz Band Recordings: "Midnight Blue" - Dawn Lambeth, "Chasin' The Blues" - The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, "What Are You Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz?" - Barbara Dane |
Playing Guitar on "How Can You Face
Me? " with Barbara Dane |
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Tenor
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Playing Banjo on "Ice Cream"
with The New Orleans Rascals |
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Tuba Bands: The Yerba Buena Stompers, Black Diamond Blue Five, The San Diego Jazz Instructors, Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Bob Schultz's Frisco Jazz Band, The Magnolia Jazz Band, Port City Jazz Band, Norma Teagarden Recordings: "Yama Yama Man" - Yerba Buena Stompers |
Playing Tuba on "Nobody Cares If
I'm Blue" with Katie Cavera |
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Bass Bands: Hal Smith's Roadrunners, Ray Skjelbred, Hal Smith's Rhythmmakers, Usonia Jazz Band, Usonia Jazz Band, Barbara Dane, Gaucho, The Hot Club Of San Francisco, The Golden Eagles, The Imperial Serenaders, Alan Adam's New Orleans Wanderers, Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Dan Barrett, Port City Jazz Band Recordings: "At The End Of The Road" - Hal Smith's Roadrunners, "Cosa Mesa Sessions" & "Jazz & Blues" - Ray Skjelbred, "Music Of The Bolden Era" - The Imperial Serenaders, "Concentratin' On Fats" - Hal Smith's Rhythmakers |
Playing String Bass on "Once Or Twice"
with Hal Smith's Roadrunners |
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Drums Bands: Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band, Yerba Buena Stompers, EFO, Jim Cullum's Jazz Band, Grand Dominion, Climax Jazz Band, Leon Oakley's Friends Of Jazz, Tom Sharpsteen's Orlandos, Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, Creole Syncopators, The Golden Eagles, George Probert, Baldy Mountain Swing, Gremoli, Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Dan Barrett, Chris Tyle, "Tuba Fats" Lacen, Port City Jazz Band Recordings: "San Francisco Bay Blues", "Duff Campbell's Revenge", "Barbary Coast", & "Dawn Club Favorites" - Yerba Buena Stompers, "Swing Out To Victory" - Tom Sharpsteen's Orlandos, "In The Gutter" - International Jazz Band |
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Playing Drums on "Panama" with EFO |
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"When I Grow Too Old To Dream" Clint Baker trombone, clarinet, vocal, Leon Oakley cornet, Robert Young sax, Monte Reyes banjo, Bill Reinhart bass, Jason Vanderford guitar. |
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"True" Clint Baker clarinet, Leon Oakley cornet, Robert Young sax, Monte Reyes banjo, Bill Reinhart bass, Jason Vanderford guitar. |
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