Ginger Baker's Air Force

Ginger Baker's Air Force
Genres	Jazz fusion
Years active	1969–1970
Labels	Atco Polydor
Past members
Ginger Baker Steve Winwood Ric Grech Jeanette Jacobs Denny Laine Remi Kabaka Chris Wood Graham Bond Harold McNair Phil Seamen Alan White(Yes Drummer)

Ginger Baker's Air Force was a jazz-rock fusion band comprising Ginger Baker on drums, Steve Winwood on organ and vocals, Ric Grech on violin and bass, Jeanette Jacobs on vocals, Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, Phil Seamen on drums, Alan White on drums, Chris Wood on tenor sax and flute, Graham Bond on alto sax, Harold McNair on tenor sax and flute, and Remi Kabaka on percussion. Their first live shows, at Birmingham Town Hall in 1969 and the Royal Albert Hall, in 1970, also included Jeanette Jacobs and Eleanor Barooshian (both former members of girl group The Cake), and Remi Kabaka.

The band released two albums, both in 1970: Ginger Baker's Air Force and Ginger Baker's Air Force 2. The second album involved substantially different personnel from the first, with Ginger Baker and Graham Bond being the primary constants between albums.

Ginger Baker's Air Force also played a set at Wembley Stadium on 19 April 1970, during the start of the World Cup Rally, which went from London to Mexico City.

Discography

Ginger Baker's Air Force released two albums:

• Ginger Baker's Air Force (1970)
• Ginger Baker's Air Force 2 (1970)

Band members

• Graham Bond
• Peter 'Ginger' Baker
• Denny Laine
• Harold McNair
• Eleanor Barooshian
• Jeanette Jacobs
• Chris Wood
• Phil Seamen
• Remi Kabaka
• Rick Grech
• Steve Winwood
• Aliki Ashman
• Bud Beadle
• Colin Gibson
• Diane Stewart-Bond (as Diane Stewart)
• Kenneth Craddock
• Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah
• Neemoi (Speedy) Acquaye
• Steve Gregory

External links

• Ginger Baker's Air Force at Allmusic
• Official Ginger Baker Archive launched by the Baker family September 2010