Biography

While Ginger Baker is best known as the brilliant percussive force behind the legendary '60s bands Cream and Blind Faith, he has had a restless and varied solo career since then. The first leg of it included a stint as the leader of Ginger Baker's Air Force, a large jazz-fusion outfit that recorded two well-received albums in 1970. Baker then moved to Nigeria, built a recording studio, and played with a few local acts, including Fela Kuti. The next few decades saw Baker playing with a variety of bands: Hawkwind, PiL, BBM, Atomic Rooster--but his most critically acclaimed post-Cream work has been with jazz ensemble the Ginger Baker Trio, where his understated playing complemented the subtle stylings of guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Charlie Haden.

Top Tracks

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• Black Man's Cry

• Cyril Davies

• Dust To Dust

• Ginger Spice

• Interlock

• Jesus Loves Me

• Let's Start

• Mektoub

• Ramblin'

• Straight, No Chaser

• Time Be Time

Discography

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• African Force

  Thunderbolt (UK)

  2001

• Coward of the County

  Atlantic

  1999

• Falling off the Roof

  Atlantic

  1996

• Ginger Baker's Energy

  Itm

  1995

• Going Back Home

  Atlantic

  1994

• Unseen Rain

  Day Eight Music

  1992

• Middle Passage

  Axiom

  1990

• Horses & Trees

  Celluloid / JDC Records

  1986

• From Humble Oranges

  Cgd East West Italy / EastWest

  1983

• Eleven Sides of Baker

  Sire

  1977

• Live

  1972

• Stratavarious

  1972

• Pop History

  Polydor

  1971

• Ginger Baker's Air Force

  Lemon Recordings

  1970

• Free Kings

  Karussell

  1970