Ginger Baker Trio

The Ginger Baker Trio Consists Of Drummer Ginger Baker Bassist Charlie Haden And Bill Frisell On Guitar. Below Is Baker's Bio. Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker Born August 19 1939 Lewisham South London Is An English Drummer Who Gained Fame As A Member Of The Graham Bond Organization GBO And Cream From 1966 Until 1968. He Later Joined Cream Bandmate Eric Clapton Along With Ric Grech And Steve Winwood In The 1969 Group Blind Faith. In The Early 1970s Baker Toured And Recorded With A Fusion Rock Group Ginger Baker's Air Force. Baker's Drumming Attracted Attention For Its Flamboyance Showmanship And His Pioneering Use Of Two Bass Drums Instead Of The Conventional Single 'kick' Drum. He Is Also Noted For Using A Variety Of Other Percussion Instruments And For His Application Of African Rhythms To Much Of His Drumming. Evidence Of This African Influence Can Be Appreciated In Ginger Baker's Work In Association With Fela Ransome-Kuti Where He Sat In For Fela's Drummer Tony Allen In Recording Sessions Published In 1971 By The Regal Zonophone / Pathe Marconi Label Under The Record Title "Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa '70 With Ginger Baker Live!" While At Times Performing In A Grandiloquent Manner Similar To That Of Keith Moon Of The Who Baker Was Also Capable Of The More Restrained Playing He Had Heard With British Jazz Groups During The Late 1950s And Early 1960s. Baker Also Performed Lengthy Improvisational Drum Solos His Most Famous Of All Being The Thirteen-Minute Drum Solo From "Toad" Heard On Cream's Double Album Wheels Of Fire. Since 1986 Baker Has Released Several Albums Of Ethnic Fusion And Jazz Percussion And Has Toured With Various Jazz Classical Music And Rock Ensembles Including A Reunited Cream. He Has Collaborated Often With Bill Laswell. As Well As Bands Carrying His Own Name Such As Ginger Baker's Air Force Baker Gurvitz Army 1974-1976 Ginger Baker's Energy 1976 And The Ginger Baker Trio Recordings Released In 1994 And 1996 Baker Has Also At Various Times Been A Member Of Hawkwind 1980 Atomic Rooster 1980 Public Image Ltd 1986 And Masters Of Reality 1990 . In 1994 Baker Joined BBM Bruce-Baker-Moore A Short-Lived Power Trio Formed Along With Jack Bruce And Guitarist Gary Moore. read less