Jazz Saxophonist Leland Baker Plays The Bally's Lounge at GoLocal
Jazz Saxophonist Leland Baker Plays The Bally's Lounge at GoLocal
The Bally's Lounge is an ongoing partnership between Bally's and GoLocal to highlight Rhode Island's music talent.
Baker is also an educator for the Newport Festivals Foundation, the keepers of the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, and the Music Education Manager.
And, Baker is known as a composer and the leader of the Baker Trio.
"I’m at Courtland Club every Sunday — we do two sets me and my trio — a 6 PM set and an 8:30 set. If you want to follow me, I put all of my business out on my Instagram and my website is LelandBaker.com," said Baker.
Baker, a Pawtucket native, has extensive experience as an educator for various Rhode Island institutions, including TAPA: Trinity Academy of Performing Arts, The MET, Beacon Charter School of the Arts, and more. He also developed “Bridging Gaps”, a collaboration between interdisciplinary artistic mediums that addresses improvisation and its role in various art forms (e.g. jazz, hip hop, dance, etc.) which has been presented at various schools across the state including Blackstone Academy of Performing Arts, RISD and Brown University.