Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion

Watching Ginger Baker and his band is truly an amazing experience! His style of African , jazz rock style was very unique and rivaled by know one in rock history ! All the best SlowHand

He could barely walk and talk, and apparently had just gotten out of intensive care 2 weeks ago and was performing against doctors orders. He only played and hour and 25 minutes WITH an intermission, but his band was spellbinding. Fairly traditional jazz built on a foundation of african percussion. The man is a miracle of modern medicine\u2026\u2026

Fighting illness, Ginger Baker still played for 2 hours. Great experience. Very nice venue. Great seats. Pee Wee Ellis, Alec Dankworth and 'Awesome' Abass Dodoo were all part of the Jazz Confusion - no confusing this evening, it was special.

We were lucky to catch this show! Helps fill my bucket list. Ginger is a legend! Was great to see him in person. He was not feeling well and is touring against his wife, daughter and doctors orders! Shows a love of his music, fans and conviction. I was well impressed.

At 74 he is not peak health, he was not feeling well, but played on. A true rock and roll legend. So glad we made it! Thanks ginger

I have only been a Ginger Baker fan since about January of this year, when I heard one of his CDs at my friend's house. I am glad that I went to this show. It was highly entertaining. This is the second show I've been to at Howard Theater. It was awesome

Excellent music and musicians. Unfortunately Ginger Baker was not feeling well - one of his band members even had to help him off the stage at the break. He explained that his doctor had told him to take it easy, so he couldn't play any of his marathon drum solos. He played a few short riffs though and they were great. I hope he feels better soon.

Ginger still has it after all these years. Well worth the price of admission.

Ginger Baker gets a lot of credit for his lifetime as a drummer, but not nearly enough. He managed to cross over jazz drumming to the rock lexicon, infusing his love of time and rhythmic play with a deep dose of traditional African rhythms. Today Ginger Baker is playing jazz again, leaving behind the blasting drive of his former rock style as heard with Cream, Blind Faith, and Ginger Baker's Air Force, but never losing the core intensity of his relationship with Time. Still the master of poetic turns on the kit, Mr Baker delivered a performance that left me and my companion agog. It was an honor to be there. The Jazz Confusion lineup is a tight collaboration, and the entire show is not All About Ginger Baker. This is a band.

The cranky old legendary drummer still has it in him - in limited bursts. See it if you're a fan of Cream and Blind Faith, although you won't hear anything remotely similar to the music from that era. As a jazz fan, his group was adequate and his percussionist was very talented.