Peter Edward " Ginger " Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. [1] His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", …

Nov 28, 2025 · Ginger Baker (born August 19, 1939, Lewisham, London, England —died October 6, 2019, Canterbury) was an English drummer and percussionist known for his flamboyant …

Oct 6, 2019 · Ginger Baker, one of the most innovative and influential drummers in rock music, has died at the age of 80. A co-founder of Cream, he also played with Blind Faith, Hawkwind …

Ginger Baker's offical web-site; legendary jazz percussionist and sometime hellraiser, he won critical acclaim in the early 60's touring the UK with The Graham Bond Organisation.

Aug 14, 2024 · Yes, it was in Cream that Baker became the world’s first superstar rock drummer, was the first to play an extended rock drum solo (on Toad, from Cream’s debut Fresh Cream) …

Aug 18, 2025 · As a drummer, few names resonate in my soul like Ginger Baker. Best known as the thunder behind Cream, Ginger did not just play the drums; he attacked them with jazz …

Oct 6, 2023 · In the pantheon of great drummers, Ginger Baker undoubtedly deserves a place of honor. His technical prowess, innovation, and contributions to the world of rock and jazz-fusion …

Apr 14, 2025 · Ginger Baker began playing drums at around 15 years of age. In the early 1960s he took lessons from Phil Seamen, one of the leading British jazz drummers of the post-war era.

Ginger Baker found his way into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame by playing the drums with a degree of proficiency and expression matched by few others. He first gained fame in the late 1960s …

Aug 20, 2023 · In 1997, I had the opportunity to interview the late, great and sometimes cantankerous drum legend, Ginger Baker. The chat occurred at Baker’s then-horse farm, in …