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May 26, 1914 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Died on 08 Nov 1966 (aged 52)
American musician
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About Shorty Baker
- Harold "Shorty" Baker (May 26, 1914 in St.
- Louis, Missouri, USA – November 8, 1966 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. Baker began on drums, but switched to trumpet during his teens.
- He started his career on riverboats and played with Don Redman in the mid-1930s.
- He also worked with Teddy Wilson and Andy Kirk before joining Duke Ellington.
- He married Kirk's pianist Mary Lou Williams and though the two separated shortly thereafter, they never officially divorced. Baker worked on and off in Duke Ellington's Orchestra from 1942 to 1962.
- He also worked with Johnny Hodges's group in the early 1950s during the period when Hodges was not a member of Ellington's orchestra.
