Career
He is known for playing in Philosophy Miller"s Canterbury scene band In Cahoots. Baker played the guitar until his mid-teens, at which point he began to take an interest in the bass as well. He played in The John Etheridge/Ric Sanders Group in the early 1980s.
He has also worked with his own group, the Fred Thelonious Baker Group who recorded a self-titled album in 1984.
Baker has recorded several albums with Harry Beckett. They have also made a concert tour in Europe together.
Baker accompanied Beckett"s band on a Charles Mingus tribute tour in the United Kingdom. Other artists Baker has worked with include Horace Parlan, Vikki Clayton and Elton Dean. Baker joined In Cahoots in April 1988, replacing their bassist Hugh Hopper.
He also works as a teacher at Birmingham Conservatoire and The University of Huddersfield.
