(McHouston Baker)
DISCOGRAPHY 1958-2018 (26CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Baker was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His mother was black, and his
father, whom he had never met, was believed to be white.
In 1936, at the age of 11, Baker was put into an orphanage. He ran away
frequently, and had to be retrieved by the staff from St. Louis, New
York City, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. Eventually the orphanage quit
looking for him, and at the age of 16 he stayed in New York City. He
found work as a laborer and then a dishwasher. But after hanging out in
the pool halls of 26th Street, he gave up work to become a full-time
pool shark.
At 19, Baker decided to make a change in his life. He went back to
dishwashing, and was determined to become a jazz musician. The trumpet
was his first choice for an instrument, but with only $14 saved up, he
could not find a pawnshop with anything but guitars for that price.....
(Wikipedia)
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