Baikida Carroll (born January 15, 1947) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

trumpeter. Carroll studied at

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and at the Armed Forces School of Music. Following this he became a member of the

Black Artists Group The Black Artists Group (BAG) was a multidisciplinary arts collective that existed in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1968 to 1972. BAG is known for the convergence of free jazz and experimental theater. Members Members included saxophonists Julius ...

in St. Louis, where he directed their big band. This group recorded in Europe in the 1970s.

Biography

Carroll was born in

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, United States, and attended Vashon and

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. He studied trumpet with Vernon Nashville. His early influences were

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and

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

. Carroll worked with the All City Jazz Band, whose members included

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, J.D. Parran and James ”Jabbo” Ware. While still in high school he worked with

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, and

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. Carroll joined the United States Army in 1965 and served in the 3rd Infantry Division Band in Wurzburg, Germany. In 1968, he returned to St. Louis and led the Baikida Carroll Sextet, also becoming orchestra conductor/director of the Black Artists Group of St. Louis (BAG), a multidisciplinary arts collective that brought him into contact with

Julius Hemphill Julius Arthur Hemphill (January 24, 1938 – April 2, 1995) was a jazz composer and saxophone player. He performed mainly on alto saxophone, less often on soprano and tenor saxophones and flute. Biography Hemphill was born in Fort Worth, Texas, ...

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, and

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. In 1972, Carroll, Lake,

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, and

Floyd LeFlore Floyd LeFlore (1940–2014) was a jazz composer, trumpet player, and poet from St. Louis. In 1968, LeFlore helped to found the Black Artists Group (BAG). Biography LeFlore was the nephew of Clarence "Bucky" Jarman, a guitarist also of St. Louis. I ...

ventured to Paris, France, touring as Oliver Lake and the Black Artists Group. He also performed with

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, Steve Lacy, and his own quartet. He taught theory and trumpet at The American Center in Paris and was artist in residence at the

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. Carroll moved to New York City in 1975 and was active in the

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community. He also taught at

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. He began composing music for plays with

Joseph Papp Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a y ...

at the

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and continued to score for Broadway and WNET-TV as part of the series ''The American Playhouse'' and at

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. In 1981, he performed at the

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. His performance and recorded history includes works with Julius Hemphill, Howard Johnson, Sam Rivers,

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, Oliver Lake,

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, and

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Discography

As leader

*''Orange Fish Tears'' (

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, 1974) *''The Spoken Word'' (

HatHUT Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music. The name of the label comes from the artwork of Klaus Baumgartner. Hathut encompasses the labels hat ART, h ...

, 1977) *''Shadows and Reflections'' (

Soul Note Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz. History Black S ...

, 1982) *''Door of the Cage'' (Soul Note, 1995) *''Marionettes on a High Wire'' (OmniTone, 2001)

As sideman

* Human Arts Ensemble, ''Whisper of Dharma'', Universal Justice, 1972 * Solidarity Unit, Inc., ''Red, Black and Green'', Universal Justice, 1972 * Julius Hemphill, ''

Dogon A.D. ''Dogon A.D.'' is an album by saxophonist Julius Hemphill. It was recorded in February 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, and was initially released on LP in limited quantities later that year by Hemphill's own Mbari Records, a label he created for the e ...

'', Mbari, 1972 * Oliver Lake, NTU, ''The Point from Which Creation Begins'',

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, 1972 * Black Artists Group, '' In Paris, Aries 1973'', BAG Records, 1973; reissued by Aguirre in 2018 * Julius Hemphill, ''

Coon Bid'ness ''Coon Bid'ness'' is an album released by Julius Hemphill in 1975 on Arista featuring performances by Hemphill, Baikida Carroll, Abdul Wadud, Phillip Wilson, Arthur Blythe, Barry Altschul and Daniel Zebulon. The final track, "The Hard Blues," w ...

'', Freedom, 1975 * Hidden Strength, ''Hidden Strength'',

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, 1975 * Michael Gregory, ''Heart and Center'',

Novus Records Novus Records (later Arista Novus and RCA Novus) was an American jazz record label run by Steve Backer. Backer worked at Impulse! Records until 1974, when Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records, asked him to oversee the jazz division at Arista. ...

, 1979 * Michael Gregory, ''Gifts'', Novus, 1979 *

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, ''Openhearted'',

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, 1979 * Oliver Lake, ''

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'',

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, 1980 *

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, ''

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'', Black Saint, 1980 * Muhal Richard Abrams, ''

Blues Forever ''Blues Forever'' is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams, released by the Italian label Black Saint in 1982 and featuring performances of seven of Abrams compositions by an eleven-member big band. Critical reception The AllMusic review by Ron Wyn ...

'', Black Saint, 1980 * Oliver Lake, ''Plug It'', Gramavision, 1982 * Oliver Lake, '' Clevont Fitzhubert'', Black Saint, 1981 * Muhal Richard Abrams, '' Rejoicing with the Light'', Black Saint, 1980 *

, '' Inflation Blues'', ECM, 1983 * David Murray, '' Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1'', Black Saint, 1984 * David Murray, ''

Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 ''Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2'' is an album by David Murray released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1984 and the second to feature his Big Band.

'', Black Saint, 1984 *

Michele Rosewoman Michele Rosewoman (born March 19, 1953) is an American jazz pianist who leads the big band New Yor-Uba. She has worked with Baikida Carroll, Julius Hemphill, Julian Priester, Oliver Lake, Billy Bang, Freddie Waits, Rufus Reid, Billy Hart, Re ...

, ''The Source'', Black Saint, 1984 * John Carter, '' Castles of Ghana'', Gramavision, 1986 * David Murray, '' New Life'', Black Saint, 1988 *

, ''Watts Work Family Album'', ECM, 1989 * Oliver Lake, ''Gramavision Tenth Anniversary Sampler'', Gramavision, 1990 *

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, '' Struck by Lightning'', Demon, 1991 * Charles Papasoff, ''Papasoff'', Red Toucan, 1993 *

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, ''I can't stand another night alone (in bed with you)'', ECM, 1994 * ''New York Collective'',

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, 1996 *

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, ''Global Mantras'', Modern Masters, 1997 * New York Collective, ''I Don't Know This World Without Don Cherry'', Naxos, 1998 * Sam Rivers, ''Inspiration'', BMG/

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, 1999 * Sam Rivers, ''

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'', BMG/RCA Victor, 1999 *

, '' H.Con.Res.57/Treasure Box'', Eremite, 2003 * Oliver Lake, ''Cloth'', Passin' Thru, 2003 * John Lindberg, ''Winter Birds'', Between The Lines, 2005 * Leslie Ritter, ''This Christmas Morning'', Collective Works, 2005 *

Octet, ''Insomnia'', Clean Feed, 2011

As producer

* Danielle Woerner, ''She Walks In Beauty'', Parnassus, 1998 * Jeff Siegel, ''Magical Spaces'', Consolidated Artist Productions, 2005 * Danielle Woerner, ''Voices of the Valley'', Albany Music Distribution, 2006

References

;Citations ;General references *Ron Wynn,

Baikida Carroll Baikida Carroll (born January 15, 1947) is an American jazz trumpeter. Carroll studied at Southern Illinois University and at the Armed Forces School of Music. Following this he became a member of the Black Artists Group in St. Louis, where he dir ...

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