HED CHEEZ is an experimental music project by Mike Baker
Cleveland, Ohio
UPCOMING GIGS
26
Feb
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
A Night of Electronic Trumpet with Theresa May and HED CHEEZ
The Treelawn
A special night of solo electronic trumpet projects when Theresa May (Mourning a Black Star) brings her solo project Dizygotic Energy to share a bill with HED CHEEZ. These are two distinctly different approaches to electronic music and will make for a very interesting contrast.
06
Jan
2027
9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Gamma Ray Jazz Blast
The Treelawn
Gamma Ray Jazz Blast is at the Treelawn for the first Wednesday of every other month in 2027. This will be a five piece group with John Scully on drums, Rick Kodramaz on bass, Alex Henry on sax, Lenny Jennings on guitar, and me on trumpet, EWI. Plus some special guests.
Grace Harper – piano
Lennie Jennings – guitar
Mat Weisman – drums
Mike Baker – trumpet
THE STATE OF THE CHEEZ
- Big Ears 2026I’ve been going to the Big Ears music festival in Knoxville Tennessee for four years now. It is not an exaggeration to say that this festival has profoundly impacted my life. I’ve seen things that changed my ideas about what music is and what it’s for. I’ve been inspired to explore music in a completely… Read more: Big Ears 2026
- What We Lost at WCSB89.7 FM, after 50 years of being a home for the true creatives both locally and world-wide, now plays “Neo-Jazz”. You will hear all the classic jazz, Coltrane, Mingus, Dizzy, big bands, Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Miles… They will only play the A-sides and non-controversial stuff. I call it “safe” jazz. The measure is if… Read more: What We Lost at WCSB