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| - | '''Peter Edward''' "'''Ginger'''" '''Baker''' (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an [[English drummer]] and a co-founder of the rock band [[Cream (band)|Cream]]. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded [[jazz]] and [[Music of Africa|African rhythms]] and pioneered both [[jazz fusion]] and [[world music]]. | + | '''Masters of Reality''' is an American [[rock music|rock]] band formed in 1981 by frontman [[Chris Goss]] and guitarist Tim Harrington in [[Syracuse, New York]]. The band was inspired by a combination of early [[King Crimson]] and early [[Black Sabbath]] (Their name being taken from a [[Master of Reality|Black Sabbath album]]), with original songs including "Building the Kingdom," "Voodoo Doll," "Metal Entity," "Cash," "Anchor," "Stones in Every Field" and "Doraldina's Prophecies." |
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| - | Baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from English jazz drummer [[Phil Seamen]]. In the 1960s he joined [[Blues Incorporated]], where he met bassist [[Jack Bruce]]. The two clashed often, but would be rhythm section partners again in [[the Graham Bond Organisation]] and Cream, the latter of which Baker co-founded with [[Eric Clapton]] in 1966. Cream achieved worldwide success but lasted only until 1968, in part due to Baker's and Bruce's volatile relationship. After briefly working with Clapton in [[Blind Faith]] and leading [[Ginger Baker's Air Force]], Baker spent several years in the 1970s living and recording in Africa, often with [[Fela Kuti]], in pursuit of his long-time interest in African music. Among Baker's other collaborations are his work with [[Gary Moore]], [[Masters of Reality]], [[Public Image Ltd]], [[Hawkwind]], [[Atomic Rooster]], [[Bill Laswell]], jazz bassist [[Charlie Haden]], jazz guitarist [[Bill Frisell]] and Ginger Baker's Energy. | + | |
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| - | Baker's drumming is regarded for its style, showmanship, and use of two bass drums instead of the conventional one. In his early days, he performed lengthy drum solos, most notably in the Cream song "[[Toad (instrumental)|Toad]]", one of the earliest recorded examples in rock music. Baker was an [[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees|inductee]] of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Cream, of the ''[[Modern Drummer]]'' Hall of Fame in 2008, and of the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2016. Baker was noted for his eccentric, often self-destructive lifestyle, and he struggled with [[heroin]] addiction for many years. He was married four times and has fathered three children. | + | |
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| - | ==Discography== | + | |
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| - | ===Solo=== | + | |
| - | * ''[[Ginger Baker at His Best]]'' (1972) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Stratavarious]]'' (Polydor, 1972) | + | |
| - | * ''Ginger Baker & Friends'' (Mountain, 1976) | + | |
| - | * ''Eleven Sides of Baker'' (Sire, 1977) | + | |
| - | * ''From Humble Oranges'' (CDG, 1983) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Horses & Trees]]'' (Celluloid, 1986) | + | |
| - | * ''No Material'' (ITM, 1989) | + | |
| - | * ''Middle Passage'' (Axiom, 1990) | + | |
| - | * ''Unseen Rain'' (Day Eight, 1992) | + | |
| - | * ''Ginger Baker's Energy'' (ITM, 1992) | + | |
| - | * ''Going Back Home'' (Atlantic, 1994) | + | |
| - | * ''Ginger Baker The Album'' (ITM, 1995) | + | |
| - | * ''Falling Off the Roof'' (Atlantic, 1995) | + | |
| - | * ''Do What You Like'' (Polydor, 1998) | + | |
| - | * ''Coward of the County'' (Atlantic, 1999) | + | |
| - | * ''African Force'' (2001) | + | |
| - | * ''African Force: Palanquin's Pole'' (2006) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Why? (Ginger Baker album)|Why?]]'' (2014) | + | |
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| - | ===Blind Faith discography=== | + | |
| - | * ''[[Blind Faith (Blind Faith album)|Blind Faith]]'' (Polydor, 1969) | + | |
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| - | ===Cream discography=== | + | |
| - | * ''[[Fresh Cream]]'' (Polydor, 1966) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Disraeli Gears]]'' (Polydor, 1967) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Wheels of Fire]]'' (Polydor, 1968) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Goodbye (Cream album)|Goodbye]]'' (Polydor, 1969) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Live Cream]]'' (Polydor, 1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Live Cream Volume II]]'' (Polydor, 1972) | + | |
| - | * ''[[BBC Sessions (Cream album)|BBC Sessions]]'' (2003) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005|Royal Albert Hall London, 2–3 and 5–6 May 2005]]'' (Reprise, 2005) | + | |
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| - | ===The Storyville Jazz Men and the Hugh Rainey Allstars=== | + | |
| - | *''Storyville Re-Visited'' (1958) also featuring [[Bob Wallis]] and Ginger Baker | + | |
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| - | ===Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated=== | + | |
| - | * ''Alexis Korner and Friends'' (1963) | + | |
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| - | ===Graham Bond Organisation=== | + | |
| - | * ''Live at Klooks Kleek'' (1964) | + | |
| - | * ''[[The Sound of '65]]'' (1965) | + | |
| - | * ''There's a Bond Between Us'' (1965) | + | |
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| - | ===Ginger Baker's Air Force discography=== | + | |
| - | * ''[[Ginger Baker's Air Force (album)|Ginger Baker's Air Force]]'' (Atco, 1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Ginger Baker's Air Force 2|Ginger Baker's Air Force II]]'' (Atco, 1970) | + | |
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| - | ===Baker Gurvitz Army discography=== | + | |
| - | * ''[[Baker Gurvitz Army (album)|Baker Gurvitz Army]]'' (Janus, 1974) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Elysian Encounter]]'' (Atco, 1975) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Hearts on Fire (Baker Gurvitz Army album)|Hearts on Fire]]'' (Atco, 1976) | + | |
| - | * ''Flying in and Out of Stardom'' (Castle, 2003) | + | |
| - | * ''Greatest Hits'' (GB Music, 2003) | + | |
| - | * ''Live in Derby'' (Major League Productions, 2005) | + | |
| - | * ''Live'' (Revisited, 2005) | + | |
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| - | === With [[Fela Kuti]] === | + | |
| - | * ''[[Fela's London Scene]]'' (EMI, 1971) – uncredited | + | |
| - | * ''[[Why Black Man Dey Suffer]]'' (African Sounds, 1971) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Live! (Fela Kuti album)|Live!]]'' (Regal Zonophone, 1972) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Stratavarious]]'' (Polydor, 1972) | + | |
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| - | === With [[Hawkwind]] === | + | |
| - | * ''[[Levitation (Hawkwind album)|Levitation]]'' (Bronze, 1980) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Zones (album)|Zones]]'' (Flicknife, 1983) | + | |
| - | * ''[[This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic]]'' (Flicknife, 1984) | + | |
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| - | === With others === | + | |
| - | * ''[[Stratavarious]]'' with [[Bobby Tench|Bobby Gass]] (Polydor, 1972) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Album (Public Image Limited album)|Album]]'' by [[Public Image Ltd]] (Elektra/Virgin, 1986) | + | |
| - | * ''Unseen Rain'' with [[Jens Johansson]] and [[Jonas Hellborg]] (Day Eight, 1992) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Sunrise on the Sufferbus]]'' by [[Masters of Reality]] (Chrysalis, 1992) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Cities of the Heart]]'' by [[Jack Bruce]] (CMP, 1993) | + | |
| - | * ''Around the Next Dream'' by [[Bruce-Baker-Moore|BBM]] (Capitol, 1994) | + | |
| - | * ''Synaesthesia'' by [[Andy Summers]] (CMP, 1996) | + | |
| - | * ''Coward of the County'' by Ginger Baker and the Denver Jazz Quintet-to-Octet (DJQ2O) (Atlantic, 1999) | + | |
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Masters of Reality is an American rock band formed in 1981 by frontman Chris Goss and guitarist Tim Harrington in Syracuse, New York. The band was inspired by a combination of early King Crimson and early Black Sabbath (Their name being taken from a Black Sabbath album), with original songs including "Building the Kingdom," "Voodoo Doll," "Metal Entity," "Cash," "Anchor," "Stones in Every Field" and "Doraldina's Prophecies."
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