Ginger Baker (1939-2019): An Apprecation
My only intersection with Ginger Baker became one of the most amazing nights of music I’ve ever seen.
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Ginger Baker on His Passion for Jazz: Something Else! Interview
“A good audience can really lift a player to great heights,” Ginger Baker says, “almost like they are playing the musician.”
Ginger Baker on Cream and his new band, Jazz Confusion: ‘What I’m doing now is far better’
“Cream,” Ginger Baker says dismissively, “was nearly 50 years ago.”
Please don’t call Cream’s Ginger Baker a rock drummer: ‘I’m a musician who plays music’
“Where did they get the rock drummer bit from?” Ginger Baker asks, both dismissively and rhetorically.
‘It’s a gift that I’ve been given’: Eric Clapton opens up on his lengthy struggles with addiction
In talking about Ginger Baker, his band mate in both Cream and in Blind Faith, Eric Clapton ends up going in depth about his own battles with addiction. You May Also Like: Ginger Baker (1939-2019): An Apprecation Eric Clapton – Slowhand at 70 (2015)
Gimme Five: Guitarist Bill Frisell’s collaborations outside of jazz
Bill Frisell’s appearance last Saturday with Marianne Faithfull at Paris’ New Morning club was another reminder of the jazz guitarist’s often underrated affinity for pop and rock music. You May Also Like: Bill Frisell’s Timeless ‘Live’ Opened Up a New Musical World for Me Bill Frisell – Music IS (2018)Read More