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Guy Barker is a British jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He was born on 26 December 1957 in Chiswick, London, United Kingdom. He is 63 years old. Barker began playing the trumpet at the age of nine and was soon playing in local bands. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied classical music and jazz. After graduating, he joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and toured with them for two years. Barker has worked with a variety of artists, including Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, and Björk. He has also composed music for film and television, including the score for the film The Talented Mr. Ripley. Barker has released several albums as a leader, including Into the Blue (1995), Soundtrack (1998), and The Amethyst (2003). He has also released several albums as a sideman, including albums with the Guy Barker International Quintet and the Guy Barker Big Band. Barker has won several awards, including the BBC Jazz Award for Best Instrumentalist in 1995 and the British Composer Award for Jazz Composition in 2006. As of 2021, Guy Barker's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

Popular As Guy Jeffrey Barker
Occupation Musician, composer, bandleader
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 26 December 1957
Birthday 26 December
Birthplace Chiswick, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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2015

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 BASCAGold Badge in 2013.

2013

Previously, his own band has featured an international mix of musicians – Perico Sambeat (alto saxophone; Spain), Bernardo Sassetti (piano; Portugal), Geoff Gascoyne ([bass, United Kingdom), and Gene Calderazzo (drums; United States)

More recently he has toured the Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra – a 15 piece big band featuring Rosario Giuliani (alto saxophone; Italy) and Per Johansson (tenor saxophone; Sweden) – performing DZF, a reworking of Mozart's Magic Flute with Michael Brandon narrating the story as a Raymond Chandler-style novel, retold by Robert Ryan.

2008

Barker was music director and arranger for the opening gala concert "Jazz Voice: Celebrating a Century of Song" at the London Jazz Festival annually from 2008 to 2014. He was also music director and arranger on a number of BBC Radio 2 Friday night is music night shows featuring the Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra with the BBC Concert Orchestra, celebrating the music of Billie Holiday / Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn / Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield / Jazz Royalty to celebrate the Wedding of William and Kate

1984

Barker was a member of Clark Tracey's quintet from 1984 to 1992. As a sideman he has played with Ornette Coleman, Carla Bley, Georgie Fame, James Carter, Mike Westbrook, Frank Sinatra, Colin Towns, Natalie Merchant, ABC, The The, Haircut One Hundred, Erasure, Chris Botti, Wham!, Kajagoogoo, The Housemartins, Matt Bianco, Alphaville, The Style Council, The Moody Blues, Sting, Bucks Fizz, Mike Oldfield, Cleo Laine, Acoustic Alchemy, XTC, and Stan Tracey.

1975

After lessons from Clark Terry in 1975, Barker went on in the 1980s to play with John Dankworth, Gil Evans (with whose orchestra he toured and recorded in 1983), Lena Horne, and Bobby Watson.

1957

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