Ginger Baker
Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker was an English drummer. 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.
19 August 1939
Born on the same birth day (19 August): Adam Arkin • C. I. Scofield • Charles Wang • Daišan • Darryl Sutter • Eustace Budgell • Francis I of the Two Sicilies • Fred Stone • Harriette Woods Baker • Iban Mayo • Jennie Bond • Kevin Rans • Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality • Morten Andersen • Ned Yost • Ogden Nash • Oumar Kondé • Paul-Jan Bakker • Peter Kemp (writer) • Roberto Abbondanzieri • Simon Bird • Willard Boyle
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