Finale of 'Suite 1' from upcoming album "V.S." by Gene V. Baker (UTILITY-POLE 689 RECORDS, Summer 2025).  Composed 2020, recorded 2021 in Keene Valley, NY. Performers:

Gene V. Baker (vocals, Rhodes electric piano, electric clavichord, drum set, percussion, Hammond Organ)
Matt Dunne (electric guitar 1 & 2)
Jonah Kazmierczak (bass)
Esther Rogers Baker (cello)
Annie Trepanier (violin I & II)
Steve Larson (viola)

Music and Lyrics ©2021 Gene V Baker, Jr.

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Ice Music for Esther

A cappella vocal sextet composed by Gene V Baker in 2010.  

Text: Poetical Sketches by William Blake (1738)
Music: Gene V Baker
Recorded in NYC, early fall 2010

Performers:

Gelsey Bell (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
Eva Peskin (alto)
Gene V Baker (tenor, baritone)
Damion Corideo (bass)

music ©2010 Gene V Baker Jr

For William Blake

The 4th track on my first album, "a calculator garage, side 1", released in 2001.  Composed, performed, & recorded by Gene V Baker in Northwestern CT.

Instrumentation:  Voice, acoustic guitar, feedback slide guitar, amber greek lamp, typewriter, and ride cymbal

a calculator garage, side 1

Amber Falice Statue

2nd track from the album "i am a gorgeous wife" by The R&B Free-Jazz Gospel Supreme 80.  Composed & arranged by Gene V Baker.  Recorded by Eli Crews at New Improved Recording, Oakland, CA, 2007.  

Performers:

Gene V Baker (lead vocals, wurlitzer electric piano)
Will R. Northlich (electric guitar)
Seth Warren (drums)
Daniel Saint-Andre (upright bass)
Eric Carlson (electric bass)

VC (lead trumpet)
Chris Grady (trumpet)
Joshua Smith (tenor saxophone)
Carolyn Walter (tenor saxophone)
Jen Baker (trombone)
Scott Rosenberg (baritone saxophone)

"i am a gorgeous wife"

TO LIVE

Improvised composition entitled, "My Friend Zoltan" by Gene V Baker.  Recorded by Myles Boisen, 2010 in Oakland, CA.

©2010 Gene V Baker, Jr

My Friend Zoltan

Composition from my 2nd album titled "like the naughty she-goat who used her hoof to dig up a knife from under the earth" on UTILITY-POLE 689 Records (recorded 2006, pending re-release).

Hammond Organ, voice, text, trombone, ride cymbal, snare drum, trumpet, accordion, samples, homemade spring reverb feedback machine

Music, Lyrics & artwork ©2006 Gene V Baker Jr

"like the naughty she-goat who used her hoof to dig up a knife from under the earth"

AARCSBH

Composer of new works for acoustic and electric ensembles combining elements of jazz, contemporary classical music, experimentalism, popular music, R&B, Funk, and improvisation.  Performer, vocalist, and improvisor on trumpet, piano, and jazz organ.  Producer, engineer, arranger and transcriber.  Recent projects include works for studio orchestra & jazz quartet, sinfonietta, pop chamber ensemble, string quartet, New Orleans brass band, Jazz Big Band, and upcoming full-length solo album (summer 2025).

Gene V Baker

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