Editing David Baker (composer) (section)

===Composer===
Baker's compositions are often cited as examples of [[third stream]] jazz, although they included traditional jazz, [[chamber music]], [[sonata]]s, [[film score]]s, and [[Symphony|symphonic]] works. He is credited with writing more than 2,000 compositions, including his concerto "Levels" (1973) which received a [[Pulitzer Prize]] nomination, and the musical score for the [[PBS]] documentary film ''For Gold and Glory'' (2003), which won him an [[Emmy Award]].<ref name=HTonline/><ref name=BakerSongbook>{{cite web| author=David Johnson| title =The David Baker Songbook | work =Night Lights | publisher =Indiana Public Media | date =December 21, 2011 | url =https://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/david-baker-songbook/ | access-date =June 29, 2018}}</ref>

Baker's best-known composition, which also received significant media attention, was Concertino for Cell Phones and Orchestra, a commission from Chicago Sinfonetta.<ref name=NYT/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Martens |first=Cynthia |date=2006-09-28 |title=A Symphony for Cell Phones |url=https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1540442,00.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Concertino for Cell Phones' Draws in Audience|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=2 October 2006|access-date=7 June 2024|url=https://www.npr.org/2006/10/02/6180007/concertino-for-cell-phones-draws-in-audience}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasles |first=Chris |date=2006-06-18 |title=A concertino with a too familiar ring |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-18-ca-artsnotes18.3-story.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Baker's other compositions include a tribute to [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] in 1968, a violin concerto for [[Josef Gingold]], a flute concerto for James Pellerite, as well as Cello Concerto (1975), which he dedicated to cellist [[János Starker]], and "Ode to Starker" (1999).<ref name="De Lerma"/>

He received over 500 commissions from individuals and ensembles, including compositions that he wrote for Gingold, Starker, [[Ruggiero Ricci]], [[Harvey Phillips]], trumpeter David Coleman, the [[New York Philharmonic]], the [[Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra]], the [[Beaux Arts Trio]], the [[Fisk Jubilee Singers]], and the [[Audubon Quartet]], in addition to the [[Louisville Symphony]], Ohio Chamber Orchestra, and the [[International Horn Society]].<ref name="De Lerma"/> Other musical groups have recorded his compositions. The [[Buselli–Wallarab Jazz Orchestra]]'s album ''Basically Baker'' (2005) includes interpretations of his compositions, many of them written for [[big band]]s and ensembles.<ref name=BakerSongbook/>