Guy Barker

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Chiswick, Angleterre

Guy Barker is an English jazz trumpeter and composer. Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year had joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. After lessons from Clark Terry in 1975, Barker went on in the 1980s to play with John Dankworth, Gil Evans, Lena Horne and Bobby Watson. Barker was a…

Known for

• Jazz All Stars: Cheltenham Jazz at 25 — Self - Conductor2022
• Jazz Voice 2021 - from the EFG London Jazz Festival — Performer2021
• Paloma Faith - Late Night Live (BBC) — Conductor2014
• Phil Collins: Going Back - Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC — Self - Trumpet2010
• The Talented Mr. Ripley — Trumpet (Napoli Jazz Septet)1999

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1957-12-26

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Listeners

6,664

Total plays

33,009

Guy Barker (born 26 December 1957) is an English jazz trumpeter and composer. Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year had joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. After lessons from Clark Terry in 1975, Barker went on in the 1980s to play with John Dankworth, Gil Evans (with whose orchestra he toured and recorded in 1983), Lena Horne and Bobby Watson. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Guy+

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jeffrey

Family name

Barker

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Chiswick

Occupation

trumpeter

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Genre

rock music

Instrument

trumpet

Image

Guy Barker & Jean Toussaint.jpg

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