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Thurman Barker

dr, mar, *1948 US, Chicago
Musician / Composer of Jazz

Thurman Barker (born January 8, 1948, Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz drummer.Barker's first professional experience was at age sixteen with Mighty Joe Young. Barker took his bachelor's at Empire State College, then studied at the American Conservatory of Music under Harold Jones and at Roosevelt University under Edward Parimba. He next served as an accompanist for Billy Eckstine, Bette Midler, and Marvin Gaye. He was house percussionist at the Schubert Theater in Chicago in the 1960s. In 1968 he joined Joseph Jarman's first ensemble, and soon after became a member of the AACM in its early days. Aside from Jarman, he played in the late 1960s and 1970s with Muhal Richard Abrams, Pheeroan akLaff, Anthony Braxton, Billy Bang, Henry Threadgill, and Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre. He recor

Instruments

• Drums
• Marimba
• Percussion
• Cowbell
• Tamborine

Genres

• Jazz
• Folk
• World

Plays With