Buddy Baker received his BM and MM degrees in Trombone Performance and a Performer's Certificate from Indiana University. He has toured and recorded with Stan Kenton and has toured with Woody Herman and Henry Mancini.

Buddy was principal trombonist (1965-1998) with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and was a member of the Rich Matteson/Harvey Phillips TUBAJAZZ Consort in which he played euphonium.

He served as President of the International Trombone Association from 1976 to 1978, and Buddy has been involved with this organization since its inception. He received the ITA Annual Artist/Teacher Award in 1976 and has served often on the faculty at the International Trombone Festival.

Buddy has performed widely as a guest soloist with numerous American and Canadian high school and college jazz ensembles, wind ensembles, orchestras, and trombone choirs. He has toured Australia twice - as a soloist/clinician with the TUBAJAZZ Consort - and has played in Japan with the TUBAJAZZ Consort.

From 1988 to 1998, Buddy performed and taught each summer at the Skidmore College Jazz Institute in Saratoga Springs, New York.

An experienced university teacher, Buddy has taught at Indiana University, the University of Colorado, and retired (May, 1998) from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.