BAIKIDA CARROLL

Born: January 15, 1947 Baikida Carroll is a highly pivotal figure in the music world as both a composer and trumpeter. His scores and trumpet have distinguished theater, dance, TV, film and concerts for 4 decades. His music has been heard at prestigious forums throughout the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Walker Arts Center, La MaMa Theatre, the New York and Washington, DC Shakespeare Festivals, The Corcoran Gallery (Wash. DC), the Chicago Art Museum, the McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NY), the Mark Taper Forum (LA), the Asolo Theatre (Sarasoto, FL) Merkin Concert Hall (NYC), Le Grand Palais (Paris), the Belgium Opera, the Berlin Opera, the Market Theater (Johannesburg, South Africa), and a multitude of international jazz festivals. As a trumpeter, he has performed and/or recorded with such artist as Cecil Taylor, Carla Bley, Sam Rivers, Anthony Davis, Dewey Redman, Billy Hart, Steve Lacy, Charlie Haden, Wadada Leo Smith, Steve read more...