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Jen BakerLink to home page : Jen Baker  Biography: Trombonist Jen Baker has performed internationally in ensembles spanning from orchestra to free jazz. Baker has been performing Lyrical Vibrations around the country since 2006. Lyrical Vibrations is a collection of multiphonic improvisations that take on the character of chant, and can be heard on her album, Blue Dreams. Committed to expanding the contemporary trombone repertoire, Baker has commissioned and performed many new solos over the past 10 years. She recently toured performing Pat MuchmoreÕs THS, for trombone and electronics, on the East and West coasts. She has recorded music ranging from video game trailers to Werner HerzogÕs Encounters at the End of the World. She has recorded with the Mountain Goats, the Michael Cooke Quintet, and also can be heard on Music + One, an improvisation compendium on Rastascan Records, and Untitled 1959, on Jerusalem-based label Kadima. BakerÕs festival performances include the International Trombone Workshop, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, NoÕwest Improvised Music Festival, and the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. She has performed and worked with Stuart Dempster, Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith, Joelle Leandre, Chris Brown, William Winant, Cecil Taylor, Alvin Curran, and the Rova Saxophone Quartet. Baker currently resides in Oakland, CA where she freelances and teaches privately on all brass instruments, piano, and the didgeridoo. She can also be found teaching young minds at Archway School how to compose and perform their own compositions, sing, and play on a variety of homemade and classroom instruments. She received degrees in music from Oberlin Conservatory and Mills College.Work-In-Progress: Farm Photos and Improvisation I am exploring the connection between my childhood on the farm and my passion for the form that is created by spontaneous composition. In observing the ever-changing forms of the barns naturally decomposing on my parents' farmland, it appears immediately relevant to the nature of improvisation. There is a form, yes, but does that form ever cease changing, morphing into something new? You can see some lo-fi examples of these photos here: http://www.baker7jenz.com/photos.htmlEmail: baker7jenz@yahoo.com CDs on which Jen Baker appears:
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