Thurman Barker

American jazz drummer

Born: 8 January 1948
Chicago
Country: United States

Biography

Thurman Barker is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Thurman Barker was born on 8 January 1948 in Chicago. The music is usually filed under jazz.

Thurman Barker (born January 8, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, United States) 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. He next served as an accompanist for Billy Eckstine, Bette Midler, and Marvin Gaye. He was house percussionist at the Shubert Theater in Chicago for ten years. 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 recorded and toured again with Braxton in 1978-80 and with Sam Rivers in 1979–80.

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Also plays on

Albums where Thurman Barker is credited as a sideman

1968	Levels and Degrees of Light — Muhal Richard Abrams	drums (drum set)
1970	Young at Heart / Wise in Time — Muhal Richard Abrams	percussion
1979	Waves — Sam Rivers	percussion
1980	Mama and Daddy — Muhal Richard Abrams	drums (drum set), marimba, percussion
1988	Tzotzil / Mummers / Tzotzil — Cecil Taylor	drums (drum set), marimba, other vocals
1990	Performance (Quartet) 1979 — Anthony Braxton	gong, percussion, xylophone
1994	Olu Iwa — Cecil Taylor	percussion, marimba
1995	Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 — Anthony Braxton	percussion