John William Baker (12 October 1937 in Leigh-on-Sea – 7 February 1997 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight) was a British musician and composer who worked in jazz and electronic music.
[1] Baker was educated at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied piano and composition.
He was the most prolific of the early Workshop composers, developing a trademark style, creating music by manipulating tapes of everyday sounds such as blowing across the top of an empty bottle.
A jazz pianist, he brought a sense of rhythm to the Workshop which some of the other more mathematical composers lacked.
[4][5] Two compilations of his work entitled The John Baker Tapes were released in July 2008 by Trunk Records.