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Ann Baker (August 21, 1915 – August 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. Baker was discovered by Louie Armstrong and played with his band on Broadway. She is best known for her time spent as a member of Billy Eckstine's band, "The Dream Band" where she performed with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis and Art Blakey.
Feb 22, 2010 · Jazz singer Ann Baker w/ Billy Eckstine 1946. drchilledair. 864 subscribers. Subscribed. 93. 9.8K views 14 years ago. Elected to the West Virginia Musician's Hall of Fame 2008. ...more.
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Ann Baker (August 21, 1915 – August 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. Baker was discovered by Louie Armstrong and played with his band on Broadway. She is best known for her time spent as a member of Billy Eckstine's band, "The Dream Band" where she performed with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis and Art Blakey.
Feb 13, 2024 · Steve Goff. February 13, 2024. West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, (WMHOF) Class of 2008. Big band singer and jazz vocalist, Ann Baker, was one of the most popular and hardest working musicians of the 1940’s.
Aug 21, 2017 · Jazz singer Ann Baker was born on August 21, 1915. She got her start performing in Pittsburgh jazz clubs and made her Broadway debut with Louis Armstrong’s band in the early 1940s. She later joined the bands of Lionel Hampton and Count Basie.
Ann Baker, on the other hand, was a statuesque African-American jazz singer. She grew up in Pennsylvania and began her career singing in Pittsburgh where she was discovered by Louis Armstrong in the early 1940s. She later sang with Lionel Hampton and the Basie band.
Aug 29, 1999 · American jazz singer, 2008 inductee of West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. Musical career began in Pittsburgh jazz outlets alongside Harry and Jerome Betters and Bernie Crenshaw. First national notice after Louis Armstrong featured her on Broadway with his group in the early 1940s.
