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Falling Off the Roof is an album by the English musician Ginger Baker, released in 1996. It is credited to his trio, which included Charlie Haden on bass and Bill Frissell on guitar.
Production
The album was produced by Baker and Malcolm Cecil. Baker fell off the roof of his Parker, Colorado home three days prior to the start of the Seattle recording sessions; he played while dealing with the effects of a concussion and a broken rib. Jerry Hahn played guitar on "Sunday at the Hillcrest". Béla Fleck played banjo on three of the tracks.
The Toronto Star noted that "it's the cranky Frisell melodics and harmonics, always on the edge but never over it, that attract". The Globe and Mail said that "Baker and Haden work wonderfully together at times ... but they can also bump along heavily, turning this esoteric set of originals and bebop classics ... into a rather hit-and-miss proposition." The Hartford Courant stated that the album "has a sparse, clear sound that effectively mixes elegance with power." The Ottawa Citizen opined that it "lacks the grace of its predecessor—substituting bombast for energy, and broad gestures for wry wit."
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Falling Off the Roof"
2.
"Amarillo Barbados"
3.
"Bemsha Swing"
4.
"Sunday at the Hillcrest"
5.
"Au Privave"
6.
"Our Spanish Love Song"
7.
"C.B.C. Mimps"
8.
"Skeleton"
9.
"Vino Vecchio"
10.
"The Day the Sun Come Out"
11.
"Taney County"
References
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Touchstone. 2001. p. 42.
Ephland, John (January 1997). "Falling Off the Roof". DownBeat. Vol. 64, no. 1. p. 45.
Morris, Chris (September 21, 1996). "Ginger Baker Trio falls back into groove on Atlantic set". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 38. p. 12.
^ Ineck, Tom (December 8, 1996). "Jazz". Lincoln Journal Star. p. H4.
^ Frank, Gary (December 12, 1996). "Jazz". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 5.
Chapman, Geoff (November 16, 1996). "Jazz". Toronto Star. p. J14.
Miller, Mark (November 21, 1996). "New Recordings: Jazz". The Globe and Mail. p. E4.
Hale, James (December 14, 1996). "Bombast bedevils Baker Trio release". The Ottawa Citizen. p. H3.
