Guy Barker

Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year had joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. At the age of 15 he was playing with the Crouch End Allstars along with Wally Fawkes and Bob Nadkarni. ==Later life and career==

After lessons from Clark Terry in 1975, Barker went on in the 1980s to play with John Dankworth, Gil Evans (with whose orchestra he toured and recorded in 1983), Lena Horne, and Bobby Watson. / Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield, / Jazz Royalty to celebrate the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Barker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to jazz. He was awarded the BASCA Gold Badge in 2013. He also recorded with Gordon Haskell a new version of the latter's hit single, "How Wonderful You Are". A samba version of the track is on The Cat Whose Got The Cream album (2020). ==Discography==

• ''Isn't It?'' (1991) • Into the Blue (1995) • Timeswing (1996) • What Love Is (1998) • Soundtrack (2001) • The Amadeus Project (2007) With Mike Westbrook • The Cortège (Original Records, 1982) == See also ==