In late July 1971, on an unseasonably cold London day, a 12-piece band from Lagos, Nigeria arrived at Abbey Road Studios for two recording sessions. The band was called the Africa ‘70, and they were ...

The second-generation drummer will perform Jan. 30 with Malcolm Bruce on bass, son of Jack Bruce, and Rob Johnson on guitar, Ginger Baker’s grandnephew, as Sons of Cream at the Uptown Theatre in Napa.

Ginger Baker, the legendary drummer in the 1960s supergroup Cream, died Sunday in a hospital in the United Kingdom. He was 80. A co-founder of Cream in 1966, Baker also played with Blind Faith, ...