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Israel Baker

Israel Baker is credited on 1,044 releases across 372 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,044

Pressings credited

372

Albums

8

Decades active

857

In collections

Biography

Israel Baker (February 11, 1919 – December 25, 2011) was an American violinist and concertmaster. Through a long and varied career, he played with many of the greatest figures in the worlds of classical music, jazz and pop. He appeared on hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as Igor Stravinsky, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tom Waits, and appeared on many film scores including Psycho and Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. Baker was the concertmaster on The Dameans' Beginning Today album from 1973.

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Credited work

1,044 releases · 372 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 846
  • Other credits · 221
  • Mastering · 96

Studios: Capitol Studios · Hollywood Sound Recorders · Sound Labs, Hollywood · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles

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