Ginger Baker, who was best known as a talented drummer in the band Cream in the 1960s, died in a hospital at the age of 80 on the morning of Oct. 6 after an illness.

Surly, cantankerous and occasionally violent, the late Ginger Baker was nonetheless one of rock’s greatest drummers. In 2011, as the former Cream man prepared to release his autobiography ...

Ginger Baker, the British musician who was best known for his time with the power trio Cream, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. Baker wielded his blues power and jazz technique to help break ...

Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker gave birth to the power trio, redefined rock improvisation and sold millions of albums. For all their success, nothing could stop the Cream from curdling ...

He founded Ginger Baker’s Air Force, which cost a fortune and imploded after two albums. He endured his old enemy, Bruce, when Cream was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and ...

Steve Winwood remembered his former Blind Faith band mate Ginger Baker Sunday, hours after the Cream drummer’s death at the age of 80. “A very sad loss, and my condolences to his family and ...

Ginger Baker’s Air Force and Elvin Jones, ‘Do What You Like’ (1971) For true drum geeks only. Cocky young upstart Baker and his hero, the jazz legend Elvin Jones, had a brief war of words.

Baker’s high-hat rides and sweetly soulful propulsion take an ordinary pop shout-along and turns it into something holy rolling. One of Baker’s best, and simplest, moments.

Ginger Baker, the volatile musician widely acknowledged as one of the greatest drummers in rock ‘n roll history, died today at age 80. His death was confirmed by his family via Twitter.

After releasing Ginger Baker's Air Force 2 with a revamped lineup later in 1970, he left the U.K. to begin what ended up becoming a six-year stay in Nigeria, sitting in with Fela Kuti for a spell ...

Cream drummer Ginger Baker is recovering from open heart surgery and a fall, The Mirror reports. The 76-year-old underwent the surgery in mid-June, around the same time he also suffered an ...

Baker — the 74-year-old drummer who came to superstar fame with Cream and Blind Faith — is playing the Wilbur Theatre Sunday with his aptly named group, Ginger’s Baker’s Jazz Confusion.