He is that rare thing both critically acclaimed and globally successful. This film by tony palmer follows ginger bakers odyssey as he makes his journey and finally arrives in nigeria to set up his studio, which would run successfully. Peter edward ginger baker 19 august 1939 6 october 2019 was an english drummer and. Find highquality ginger baker stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. If cream and blind faith were gingers pets, then certainly airforce is his. Recipes appetizers jul 23, 2017 gazpacho granita and beet ravioli feb 3, 2017 caramelized onion.
New documentary tells the story of drummer ginger baker bbc. My dad has been dead to me for a long time as he preps for the music of cream tribute tour, kofi baker looks back at his turbulent relationship with his father. To the percussionist, this is a holy pilgrimage of rhythm. Ginger baker in africa 1971 documents bakers drive by range rover, from algeria to. Ginger baker breaks the film makers nose with his walking stick.
In 1966, he teamed up with bond bassist jack bruce and up and coming guitarist eric clapton, formed cream and shot to fame with such classic songs as sunshine of your love and white room. Im not an easy person to get on with a classic interview from the vaults penny valentine. Ginger baker was a prodigiously talented and volcanically temperamental rock drummer who helped form cream, rock and rolls first supergroup, and inspired awe and imitation in a generation of. High quality ginger baker inspired tshirts by independent artists and designers from around the world. Peter edward ginger baker 19 august 1939 6 october 2019 was an english drummer and a cofounder of the rock band cream. London ap the family of drummer ginger baker, the volatile and propulsive british musician who was best known for his time with the power trio cream, says he has died. Ginger baker vs levon helm ive got the hippy shakes. Vinyl, lp, album, netherlands 19 a1 emi 1a 03804933 1080p. Free download fela ransomekuti and the africa 70 with ginger baker. Omnibus ginger baker in africa tv episode 1973 imdb. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Ginger baker in africa 2005, documentary, dvd discogs. Africa is to baker what india was to george harrison. Baker s tribulations in the desert are well documented.
Baker was living in south africa with his fourth wife and 29 polo ponies. Ginger baker during ginger baker at wetlands 1990 at wetlands in new york city, new york, united states. Ginger baker jamming with different african bands including fela kuti. Fela ransomekuti and the africa70 with ginger baker ginger baker and tony allen solo drums. Ginger bakers son talks father, music of cream tour. As a drummer he was in a class of his own but his collaborators say he. Fela ransomekuti, ginger baker fela ransomekuti and the africa 70 with ginger baker music. Former cream drummer ginger baker tells edward helmore about his battle with heroin, how he was the original rolling stones drummer and being. Ginger baker hit the big time in supergroup cream, whose first album was released in 1966. Legendary british musician ginger baker, a founding member of psychedelic band cream and considered one of the most innovative and influential drummers of his generation, died on sunday aged 80. He talks about his admiration for bakers talent but also how he tried to avoid the. Ginger baker was a prodigiously talented and volcanically temperamental rock drummer who helped form cream, rock and rolls first supergroup, and inspired awe and. In the early 1970s, ginger baker was one of the first westerners to appreciate west africa as the rhythmic capitol of the world. It was my first personal experience with his music, when i learned more about pidgin english, the story of ginger baker and his travels to west africa, and his relationship with fela.
A pioneering drummer who transcends genre, hes done much to popularise world music with his fierce passion for the rhythms of africa. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of rocks first superstar drummer, for a style that melded jazz and african rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from english. Compelled by his curiosity about african music, baker. Baker set up west africas first 16track recording studio and formed a lifelong friendship. Ginger baker jams with nigerian afrorock artistes in lagos, nigeria in 1971. The former cream drummer travels to nigeria to build a recording studio. Kudzai was then 23 and working as a hospital nurse. Ginger baker during ginger baker at wetlands 1990 at.