He really helped with the Museum a lot, in spirit and in action. David was a very active and devoted member of the audio community, and he often donated his time to organizations that deal with the history of recording.ĭan Gaydos, a curator of the Museum of Sound Recording, had this to say: He spent it at the AES convention, helping run the panel discussions for the AES Historical Committee. I know the number because I was with him on what wound up being his last birthday. Perhaps because I saw a side of him rarely seen by a lot of other industry professionals. After I got through crying, I realized that as hard as it was going to be, I still needed to say a few things about him. A mutual friend informed me that he had passed away five days prior. It was the day before we were supposed to meet, and I had not heard from David in over a week, which wasn't like him. Conversations with him were a lot of fun. I was very excited about some of the things he might say, because David was anything but predictable - he was irreverent in places everyone else I knew might tiptoe about. Originally I was going to interview him about his extensive live recordings with jazz giants, and his place in the history of recording. David was an acquaintance of mine who behaved like a friend, and his sudden, untimely death came as quite a shock to me. Beyond his phenomenal work, he was a unique person who likely touched in some way the lives of everyone he came across. He did indeed create an impressive discography in his lifetime. Often in business, we know people exclusively by their work, and the music business is of course no different. Remembering David Baker by Lauri Shaw (The New York Sun, Aug 2, 2004)
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