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"Drummer Ginger Baker has led an extraordinary life, with stints in Cream, Blind Faith and Fela Kuti&amp;apos;s band peppering his 74 years. Nevertheless, he remains a man of few words. On June 24th, Baker will release his first new album in 16 years &amp;#x2013; titled Why? &amp;#x2013; but right now, he has little to say about it.\r\nRead our amazing most recent Q&amp;amp;A with Ginger Baker\r\nAs for the reason it took him nearly two decades to record again, he simply says &amp;quot;tempus fugit,&amp;quot; Latin for &amp;quot;time flies.&amp;quot;\r\nThe title track is a plodding, swinging jazz number, like many on the record, and features song breaks in which voices ask, &amp;quot;Why?&amp;quot; But when asked about the impetus behind the question, Baker responds, &amp;quot;Why do so many disasters follow me through my life?&amp;quot; and no more.\r\nWhat has Baker been listening to lately? &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t listen to music at all,&amp;quot; he says.\r\nBecause Why? is a jazz record and he got his start in jazz, does he wish he received more recognition as a jazz drummer over the years? &amp;quot;No,&amp;quot; he tells Rolling Stone. &amp;quot;I got quite a lot of recognition in the early Sixties in the U.K.&amp;quot;\r\nElsewhere on Why? Baker tackles jazz numbers by other musicians, including Wayne Shorter&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Footprints&amp;quot; and Sonny Rollins&amp;apos; &amp;quot;St. Thomas.&amp;quot; He also took a Nigerian folk tune and turned it into &amp;quot;Aiko.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;The songs on the record are the set we play live, or some of it,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve always dug Rollins and Shorter. &amp;apos;Aiko Biaye&amp;apos; harkens back to &amp;apos;Air Force,&amp;apos; a Yoruba song.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd what do these songs mean to Baker in a greater sense? &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t understand what these things mean to me,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I just play, man.&amp;quot;\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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