{"id":4705,"date":"2012-11-30T09:11:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T07:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2018-04-19T08:38:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T06:38:37","slug":"mickey-baker-guitarist-is-dead-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4705","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Baker, Guitarist, Is Dead at 87 &#8211; Complete Course in Jazz Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">Mickey Baker, who was an influential guitarist, has died at the age of 87 in France.<\/p>\n<p>He has played in many recordings and influenced many younger guitarists.<\/p>\n<p>He has also published some widely used instruction books for jazz guitar:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0825652804\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0825652804&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mandoisland00-20\">Mickey Baker&#8217;s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 (Ashley Publications)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=mandoisland00-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0825652804\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0825652812\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0825652812&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mandoisland00-20\">Mickey Baker&#8217;s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 2 (Ashley Publications)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=mandoisland00-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0825652812\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0860010163\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0860010163&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mandoisland00-20\">Jazz Guitar Micky Baker (Guitar Books)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=mandoisland00-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0860010163\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many youtube videos available with the pieces and exercises from the jazz guitar books, and there is also an online course based on vol. 1 of this jazz guitar mehtod (see below).<\/p>\n<h4>McHouston (Mickey) Baker with Coleman Hawkins Quintet South Of France Blues.mp4<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"McHouston (Mickey) Baker with Coleman Hawkins Quintet South Of France Blues.mp4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tWmgQcYypcw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>My Mickey Baker Playlist<\/h4>\n<p>I have listened to many videos with <strong>Mickey Baker<\/strong> and <strong>Mickey and Sylvia<\/strong> and compiled the following playlist with the best videos:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mickey Baker - Guitar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo83vZ7jIB_ize1LTrD4Ew5v\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<p>New York Times: Mickey Baker, Guitarist, Is Dead at 87<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mickey Baker, whose prickly, piercing guitar riffs were featured on dozens if not hundreds of recordings and helped propel the evolution of rhythm and blues into rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, died on Tuesday at his home in Montastruc-la-Conseill\u00e8re, near Toulouse in southwestern France. He was 87.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/30\/arts\/music\/mickey-baker-guitarist-whose-riffs-echo-today-dies-at-87.html?smid=pl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/30\/arts\/music\/mickey-baker-guitarist-whose-riffs-echo-today-dies-at-87.html?smid=pl-share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jim Herrington tumblr<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originally written for Fretboard Journal Magazine<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimherrington.tumblr.com\/post\/36683556546\/q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/jimherrington.tumblr.com\/post\/36683556546\/q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia about Mickey Baker: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mickey_Baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mickey_Baker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great playlist with\u00a0 recordings of the examples from the <strong>Mickey Baker jazz method<\/strong> by Rob MacKillop:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Mickey Baker Lesson 2 &#8211; Rob MacKillop<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mickey Baker Lesson 2 - Rob MacKillop\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j2EyXhJRysE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Online Lessons using Mickey Baker&#8217;s method:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thumbpicker.com\/mickeybaker\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.thumbpicker.com\/mickeybaker\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Advanced Guitar Study Group<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Using The Classic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">&#8220;Mickey Baker&#8217;s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar &#8211; Book 1&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Presented by<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Michael Joyce and the Texas Fingerstyle Guitar Association<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Mickey Baker books at amazon (partnerlink)<\/p>\n<h4>Mickey Baker&#8217;s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 (Ashley Publications)<\/h4>\n<h4>Mickey Baker&#8217;s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 2 (Ashley Publications)<\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=mandoisland00-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0825652804&amp;asins=0825652804&amp;linkId=6dbce4f2a4d46e518ac7f107ac3a7a44&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/th>\n<th><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=mandoisland00-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0825652812&amp;asins=0825652812&amp;linkId=2e5cbf3593993821913cc709099af06a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mickey Baker, who was an influential guitarist, has died at the age of 87 in France. 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He has also published some widely used instruction books for jazz guitar: Mickey Baker&#8217;s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 (Ashley Publications) Mickey Baker&#8217;s Complete Course in 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