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Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939) is an English drummer and the founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer," while his individual style melds a jazz background with African rhythms. Baker is credited as a pioneer of drumming in genres like jazz fusion, heavy metal and world music.
Baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from Phil Seamen. In the 1960s, he joined Blues Incorporated, where he met bassist Jack Bruce. The two clashed often, but would be rhythm section partners again in the Graham Bond Organisation and Cream, the latter of which Baker co-founded with Eric Clapton in 1966. Cream achieved worldwide success but lasted only until 1968, in part due to Baker's and Bruce's volatile relationship. After briefly working with Clapton in Blind Faith and leading Ginger Baker's Air Force, Baker spent several years in the 1970s living and recording in Africa, often with Fela Kuti, in pursuit of his long-time interest in African music. Among Baker's other collaborations are his work with Gary Moore, Masters of Reality, Public Image Ltd, Atomic Rooster, Bill Laswell, jazz bassist Charlie Haden, jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and Ginger Baker's Energy.
Baker's drumming is regarded for its style, showmanship, and use of two bass drums instead of the conventional one. In his early days, he performed lengthy drum solos, most notably in the Cream song "Toad", one of the earliest recorded examples in rock music. Baker is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Cream, of the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2008, and of the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Albums
Why? Sampler EP
Stratavarious
Popular Songs
- Ye Ye De Smell
- Egbe Mi O
- Mistake
- Ginger Baker & Tony Allen
- Black man's Cry
- Let's Start
- To Each His Darkness
- The Time of No Room
- Open Secret
- Mirror of Steel
- The Great Festival of Destruction
- The Sign
- Adoa
- Rain and the Rhinoceros
- African Force
- Ansoumania
- Worlds Within Worlds
- Something Nice
- Blood Brothers 69
- Ju Ju
- Brain Damage
- Sokoto
- Coda
- Basil
- South to the Dust
- Alamout
- Time Be Time
- Tiwa
- Ariwo
- Makuta