Richard John Baker

Composer, Musician, and Musical Sound Design for all Visual Media






Santana


Richard was a member of the Santana Band from 1979 through 1984, and recorded, co-produced, and wrote and performed on three Santana albums," Zebop, Dance of the Rainbow Serpent and Shango" , as well as all tours, and numerous Television and  Video appearances.

















Gino Vannelli


Richard worked with Gino from 1971 to 1976 and performed, arranged and orchestrated on "Storm at Sunup", "Powerful People", and "Gist of the Gemimi", for A&M Records, as well as all live performance and TV Appearances.



















Emerson Lake and Palmer


Richard Arranged, Programmed and Orchestrated on the album "Return of the Manticore" on Victory Records.






Gary Wright


Toured behind the "Dreamweaver Album", and Performed and Arranged on the Warner Bros. Album "Touch and Gone".







Saga


Wrote, arranged, and Orchestrated on the album "Generation Thirteen", and performed on three tours and multiple TV appearances.












Bruce Dickinson


Performed and Arranged on the album "Balls to Picasso"




















Uncle Kracker


Keyboards on "No Stranger To Shame", and "72 and Sunny"
























Lynch Mob


Performed and Arranged and Programmed on the album “Lynch Mob”.


















Glen Hughes



Co-Wrote the song "Why Don't You Stay" on the album “From Now On”











Patrice Rushen


Performed and Arranged on the album “Shout it Out” for Fantasy Records









Jaime Slocum


Performed, Arranged, and Programmed on the album “Jaime Slocum” for Curb Records.











Stairway to Heaven


Led Zeppelin Tribute Record for East West Records.

Arranged, Performed and Programmed.




Bridget Wilson

Wrote, Arranged, Programmed and Performed on the album “Bridget Wilson”, for King Records.






Na Leo


Arranged, Performed, Programmed, and Wrote on the album "Feel The Spirit"












Beth Hart


Hammond B3 on the album "Leave The Light On"











Yes


Keyboards on the album  “Union”.











Bonrud


Keyboards and Strings on the album "Save Tomorrow".











Logan


Arrangement and strings on the album "The Great Unknown".






Music Credits




I also played on hundreds of studio dates while working as a session musician in Los Angeles. Can't list everything here, but tried to give you a representative cross section of my past work.

Thanks for looking.