Baikida Carroll

Baikida Carroll (born January 15, 1947)[1] is an American jazz trumpeter.[2]

Carroll studied at Southern Illinois University and at the Armed Forces School of Music.[1] Following this he became a member of the Black Artists Group in St. Louis, where he directed their big band.[1] This group recorded in Europe in the 1970s.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 423/4. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ Listing for Carroll, Baikida (E. J. Carroll) on Jazz.com (accessed November 23, 2014).
  3. ^ Owsley, Dennis (2006). City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973. St. Louis: Reedy Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1933370040.