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Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 14 episodes and was first played on 16 March 2014.

Ginger Baker (Peter Edward Baker, Lewisham, London, 19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer and a co-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 melded a jazz background with African rhythms. He is credited as having been a pioneer of drumming in such genres as jazz fusion and world music.

Baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from English jazz…

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Ariwo
Ginger Baker
ATCO Records1972
Ariwo
Ginger BakerATCO Records1972
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Ye Ye De Smell
Fela Ransome-Kuti, The Africa '70, Ginger Baker
Signpost Records1971
Ye Ye De Smell
Fela Ransome-Kuti, The Africa '70, Ginger BakerSignpost Records1971
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Ariwo
Ginger Baker
Polydor1972
Ariwo
Ginger BakerPolydor1972
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Makuta
Ginger Baker
Celluloid1986
Makuta
Ginger BakerCelluloid1986
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Satou
Ginger Baker
Celluloid1986
Satou
Ginger BakerCelluloid1986
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