The musician who helped define the role of the superstar rock drummer has died at 80. By Christopher R. Weingarten Ginger Baker, who died Sunday at the age of 80, was an architect of rock drumming, ...

Although the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks" don't depict a fantastical, far-away battle, a very real struggle ensued during the song's recording process. The sixth track on Zep's untitled ...

When Ginger Baker died Sunday at the age of 80 after years of ill health, the rock era lost its first real superstar drummer. Mind you, Baker would’ve absolutely hated having his name tied to anything ...

As for the reason it took him nearly two decades to record again, he simply says “tempus fugit,” Latin for “time flies.” The title track is a plodding, swinging jazz number, like many on the record, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Kofi Baker is a study in contrasts. Kofi is not a fan of his father, drummer Ginger Baker, as a person - the two barely speak, and when they do, it's rarely civil. The irascible ...

Last year, Ginger Baker, the legendary drum monster behind Cream, died at the age of 80. Since Jack Bruce died in 2014, that leaves Eric Clapton as the last surviving member of Cream. Last night, in ...

Ginger Baker says he sees no distinction between the music he made as drummer in seminal rock bands Cream and Blind Faith in the 1960s and the African-jazz hybrid music he plays these days with his ...

“The Music of Cream” has quite a pedigree. Kofi Baker (drums): First performing with his father, jazz-rock percussionist Ginger Baker, on live TV at the age of 6, he’s played drummed behind Tom Jones, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. This article is more than 9 years old. Over the decades, I've ...

The first thing you notice about Ginger Baker is that, for a jazz drummer, he holds his sticks wrong. Of course, despite all his flirtations with African rhythms and jazz in many forms, Baker--a ...

The world has a surfeit of father-to-son rock ‘n’ roll relationships. To name a few: John Lennon and Sean Lennon; Ringo Starr and Zak Starkey; Bob Dylan and Jakob Dylan; Loudon Wainwright III and ...