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Ginger Baker and Salt - Live in Munich 1972
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Ginger Baker and Salt - Live in Munich 1972
by Ginger Baker
Sales Rank: 181870
Price:$17.10
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Album Tracks
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1. Piece 1
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2. Interview - Sonny SHarrock
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3. Piece 2
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4. Interview - Nicky Skopelitis
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5. Piece 3
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6. Piece 4
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7. Piece 5
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Album Reviews
Two CD live archive release from the British drumming legend. This recording dates from a concert performance in Munich in 1972 and was the first musical outing in Europe for Ginger alongside Salt. The show was billed as Ginger Baker and Salt "Africa Now" Invites Drum Battle. The show was filmed for German television and broadcast shortly after and repeated a year later in 1973. The line up for this performance was Ginger Baker : drums, Steve Gregory: tenor sax, flute, Bud Beadle: saxes, Tunde Koboje: bass, Berkley Jones: guitar, Laolu Akins: african drums, Kehinde Lijadu: vocals, Taiwo Lijadu: vocals, and special guest: Art Blakey: drums.
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Customer Reviews and Comments
I have been a fan of Ginger Baker since Cream, but this album is the first I have heard of his band of English and African musicians, Salt. Baker's autobiography titles one chapter with the band name, but gives no details.Ginger Baker had been pursuing African rhythms since meeting his hero Phil Seamen in the 1960s, and started down the African road in earnest with his group Air Force, formed in 1970. Baker then moved to Nigeria in the early 1970s to set up a recording studio in Lagos and work with Fela Kuti. There was a large gap in his recorded output between Air Force (1970) and the Baker Gurvitz Army (1974), with his only appearance being Fela Live (1971) which, by the way, contains a track recorded in Berlin in 1978 with Fela and the great Tony Allen (Fela's wonderful drummer). As an aside, I am guessing that the current Ginger Baker and African Friends Berlin 1978 came from the same sessions.Ginger Baker and Salt finds Baker and his band deep into African rhythms, riffs and vocals, with great sax and guitar solo work to flesh it out. The musicians are first rate and their performance is fiery. The sound quality is also quite good. According to the liner notes, the concert was filmed for German television, but the video tapes were lost. A pity, but thankfully we have the audio of this great concert.If you want to hear Baker at his best, buy this album...
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Ginger Baker and Salt - Live in Munich 1972
by Ginger Baker
Price:$17.10
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