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    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", for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music. [2]

  2. Oct 6, 2019 · 6 October 2019. By Mark Savage,BBC music reporter. BBC. The drummer was known for his hair-trigger temper as much as his music. Ginger Baker, one of the most innovative and influential drummers...

  3. Oct 6, 2019 · London CNN — Ginger Baker, notorious hellraiser and celebrated drummer in the supergroup Cream, has died at the age of 80 at a hospital in the United Kingdom. “Dad passed away peacefully,” his...

  4. Oct 6, 2019 · Oct. 6, 2019. Ginger Baker, who helped redefine the role of the drums in rock and became a superstar in the process, died on Sunday in a hospital in southeastern England. He was 80. His family...

  5. Oct 6, 2019 · Ginger Baker, the wildly influential and innovative drummer who laid the groundwork for heavy metal and world music and played with everyone from Fela Kuti to John Lydon to Max Roach, died...

  6. Oct 6, 2019 · David Redfern/Redferns. Updated at 10:42 a.m. ET. There are lots of firsts and superlatives in the career of Ginger Baker, the drummer and bandleader who died Sunday morning at age 80. His...

  7. Mar 29, 2024 · Ginger Baker English drummer and percussionist known for his flamboyant playing style that incorporated intricate polyrhythms influenced by jazz, rock, and West African music. Baker was widely considered rock’s first superstar drummer, serving as the drummer for the seminal British rock outfits.

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