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Guy Barker

b. 1957

British composer and musician

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Born 1957. Guy Barker is a British composer, bandleader, jazz musician, trumpeter and musician.

Guy Jeffrey Barker, (born 26 December 1957) is an English jazz trumpeter and composer.

Early life Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year had joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. / Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield, / Jazz Royalty to celebrate the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

Barker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to jazz. He was awarded the BASCA Gold Badge in 2013. He also recorded with Gordon Haskell a new version of the latter's hit single, "How Wonderful You Are". A samba version of the track is on The Cat Whose Got The Cream album (2020).

Discography Isn't It? (1991) Into the Blue (1995) Timeswing (1996) What Love Is (1998) Soundtrack (2001) The Amadeus Project (2007)

With Mike Westbrook The Cortège (Original Records, 1982)

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Member of the Order of the British Empire

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British composer and musician

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Guy Barker was born on 26 December 1957 in Chiswick.

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Guy Barker is a composer, bandleader, jazz musician, trumpeter and musician.

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· Wikipedia: Guy Barker

· Wikidata: Q1557440

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