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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramEmmanuel Cruz, of W. C. Baker and the Co-ops, performing - Miami, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Musical traditions, Secular
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Musical traditions
Folklife and folklore projects
Projects, Instate
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Music--Performance
Blues (Music)
Jazz
Dixieland music
Musical instruments
Saxophone
Saxophonists
Instrumentalists
Blues musicians
Musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
African American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Performing arts--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
African American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Jazz musicians
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
The five-piece Dixieland band consisted of leader William (Big Boy) Baker (bass), Emmanuel Cruz (saxophone), Alexander Pope (drums), Willie Gaddy (guitarist) and Ernie Ambrister (trombone). Baker, born in Live Oak, was a blues singer known as Big Boy Baker in the 1930s-1950s. He recorded numerous records in Florida and Chicago, and even won Amateur Night at the Apollo in 1948. He moved to Miami in the 1950s. After a car accident in the 1950s, he switched to Dixieland jazz, and formed the Dixie Cooperates.
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