Editing David Baker (composer) (section)

==Early life and education==
David Nathaniel Baker Jr. was born in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, on December 21, 1931, to Patress Lasley Baker and David N. Baker Sr., a postal carrier. His siblings included two sisters, Shirley and Clela, and a brother, Archie.<ref name=HTonline>{{cite news|title=David N. Baker Jr., 84|type=obituary|newspaper=[[The Herald-Times]]|location=Bloomington, Indiana|date=March 31, 2016 |url=https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/obituaries/obituaries-march/article_691eeda8-c591-533d-ba64-9f2419d52863.html |access-date=July 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811103305/https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/obituaries/story-obituaries-2016-03-31-obituaries-march-31-2016-47909689 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="De Lerma">Liner note essay in {{cite web|author=Dominique-Rene De Lerma |url=http://www.dramonline.org/albums/african-heritage-symphonic-series-vol-iii/notes|title=African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. III |work=CDR066 |publisher=Cedille Records |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

Baker attended [[Indianapolis Public Schools]] and graduated from [[Crispus Attucks High School]], a segregated public school for [[African Americans|African American]] students.<ref name=Higgins>{{cite news|author=Will Higgins|title=David Baker's unplanned yet remarkable life|newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|location=Indianapolis, Indiana |date=March 30, 2016|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/03/30/david-bakers-unplanned-yet-remarkable-life/82338144/|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> He continued his education at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] in [[Bloomington, Indiana]], where he earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in music education in 1953 and a [[master's degree]] in music education in 1954. Baker also studied with [[J. J. Johnson]], [[János Starker]], and [[George Russell (composer)|George Russell]]<ref name="IU page">{{cite web|title=David N. Baker|publisher=Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University |url=http://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/22.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024203824/http://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/22.html |access-date=October 24, 2006 |archive-date=October 24, 2006}}</ref> and attended the [[Lenox School of Jazz]] in [[Lenox, Massachusetts]], from 1959 to 1960 on a scholarship.<ref name=Trombone>{{cite web|title=David Baker |work=Trombone Page of the World |publisher=Rene Laanen, Trombone Page of the World |date=September 16, 2015 |url= http://www.trombone-usa.com/baker_david_bio.htm |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>