Ginger Baker's Air Force

Ginger Baker's Air Force

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, Remi Kabaka on drums, Chris Wood on tenor sax and flute, Graham Bond on alto sax, Harold McNair on tenor sax and flute, and Phil Seamen 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 April 19, 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