Marking the passing of Ginger Baker with just a small sampling of his work, from Cream and Blind Faith to Ginger Baker's Air Force, to his collaborations with Fela Ransome-Kuti and Hawkwind, and solo work on the Celluloid label...
| Passing The Time Cream - Wheels Of Fire - Polydor (01968) |
| ...with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton |
| Do What You Like Blind Faith - Blind Faith - Polydor (01969) |
| ...with Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, and Rick Grech |
| Da Da Man Ginger Baker's Air Force - Ginger Baker's Air Force - Polydor (01970) |
| ...with Steve Winwood, Jeanette Jacobs, Denny Laine, Chris Wood, Rick Grech, Remi Kabaka, Graham Bond, Harold McNair, and Phil Seaman |
| Ariwo > Tiwa (It's Our Own) Ginger Baker - Stratavarious - ATCO (01972) |
| ...with Sandra Danielle, Fela Ransome-Kuti, Bobby Gass, and Alhaji JK Brimar |
| Space Chase > The 5th Second Of Forever (From The Film) > Dust Of Time Hawkwind - Levitation - Bronze (01980) |
| ...with Dave Brock, Hew Lloyd-Langton, Harvey Bainbridge, and Tim Blake |
| Satou > Makuta Ginger Baker - Horses & Trees - Celluloid (01986) |
| ...with Nicky Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso, Bernie Worrell, Robert Musso, Aiyb Dieng, Daniel Ponce, Shankar, Nana Vasconcelos, and Bill Laswell |
| Vesitorni Pharaoh Overlord - Siluurikaudella - Ektro (02010, 02019) |
| Metal This Heat - Repeat / Metal - These, Modern Classics (01993, 02018) |
| Piirros 3 Pharaoh Overlord - Siluurikaudella - Ektro (02010, 02019) |
| After Its Own Death: Side B Nivhek - After Its Own Death / Walking In A Spiral Towards The House - Yellow Electric (02019) |
| Simone Elvin Jones - Live - PM (01975) |
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A fitting tribute to the late great Ginger Baker, one of my top 5 drummers of all time.
11:09 PM, October 6th, 2019