Thurman Barker

Thurman Barker (born January 8, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, United States)[1] is an American jazz drummer.

[2] Barker took his bachelor's at Empire State College,[3] then studied at the American Conservatory of Music under Harold Jones[4] and at Roosevelt University.

[1] 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.

His 1994 work Dialogue was premiered at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City,[2] and he composed Expansions (1999) for the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra.

[6] With Muhal Richard Abrams With Billy Bang With Anthony Braxton With Joseph Jarman With Sam Rivers With Cecil Taylor other appearances :