Falling Off the Roof

Ginger Baker, Bill Frisell, Charlie Haden | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 29, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002J9P
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,921 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars . . . but never missing a beat, August 7, 2001

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loce_the_wizard "loce_the_wizard" (Lilburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falling Off the Roof (Audio CD)

Ginger Baker shows, again, that he can create more sound, more music, more emotion from drumming than anyone else. The drums are out front, not tucked into the background. Ginger Baker, Bill Frisell, and Charlie Haden play so well together that it seems they have always been together. Frisell is a master guitarist, and he brings this music alive. Haden has always been a master at getting more emotion from the bass than other players, and he clearly anchors these sessions.

The music can be challenging, and it demands that you pay attention. It takes several listens to "get" it. This music is absolutely the opposite of everything Cream was, so do not expect anything remotely like the power trio Ginger played with in the '60s.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really, really good..., October 11, 2005

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Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falling Off the Roof (Audio CD)

I first heard this album on the radio in a local restaurant. A familiar melody caught my ear- that sounds like Cream's "Sweet WIne", I thought- but was that Bill Frisell? And the bass sure sounds like Charlie Haden. And who was that tasteful drummer?

It wasn't until someone played the album for me a few weeks later that the puzzle was filled in. Ginger Baker with Charlie Haden? How unlikely, I thought, until I found out later that Baker had indeed returned to his jazz roots in recent decades, and was even better than he was in his days with Cream. And "Sweet Wine" was in fact "Vino Vecchio"- actually "old wine" in Italian, a bit of an inside joke.

But the playing here is certainly no joke. If you enjoy Frisell's unique approach to guitar- simple, sparse and totally original lines- and Haden's tasteful bass playing, you'll appreciate this album. It certainly gets a lot of play at my house.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the second installment from Baker-Haden-Frissell, November 15, 2000

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m_noland "m_noland" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Falling Off the Roof (Audio CD)

This CD may actually be a little more consistent than the first one,though it lacks anything as explosive as "East Timor." The addition of a second guitarist and Bela Fleck on banjo on a few tracks fleshes out the guitar-bass-drums trio sound.

So, if Baker, Bruce, and Clapton in their twenties were "Cream" these guys must be "Cognac" or something.